Surgery Waits

Laparoscopy waiting time at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Camperdown area of New South Wales was 17 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
17 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
201 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 149 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 15 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 14 days in 2016–17 to 17 days in 2024–25 — up 21% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Concord Repatriation Hospital, about 10 km away, at 7 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.4%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Laparoscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital17 days0.0%201 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)70 days6.0%2149 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)69 days5.4%9403 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 69 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for laparoscopy by financial year at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 17NSW 70Australia 69
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Median wait in days for Laparoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17145047
2017–1885451
2018–19155857
2019–20146664
2020–21137979
2021–2296978
2022–23157482
2023–24175969
2024–25177069

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital · Laparoscopy across Australia · Laparoscopy in New South Wales