Laparoscopy waiting time at Sandringham Monash
The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Sandringham area of Victoria was 123 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
- 123 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 65 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 120 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 20 days in 2022–23 to 123 days in 2024–25 — up 515% — while the national median fell from 82 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], about 6 km away, at 92 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Monash | 123 days | 0.0% | 65 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 53 days | 2.5% | 3279 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 69 days | 5.4% | 9403 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sandringham Monash
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sandringham Monash (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 41 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 43 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 48 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 53 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 89 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 83 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 20 | 103 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 37 | 67 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 123 | 53 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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