Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting time at Sunshine Hospital
Half of patients at Sunshine Hospital waited 48 days or less for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Laparoscopy". This public hospital is in the Sunshine North area of Victoria.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 48 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 165 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.6%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 44 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 81 days in 2016–17 to 48 days in 2024–25 — down 41% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Western Hospital [Footscray], about 7 km away, at 36 days. Here, 0.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.4%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Laparoscopy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Hospital | 48 days | 0.6% | 165 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
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 69 days marks the national median.
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 7 km away: 36 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 12 km away: 123 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 13 km away: 51 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 13 km away: 11 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 13 km away: 79 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 15 km away: 6 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 17 km away: 12 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 18 km away: 120 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sunshine Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sunshine Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 81 | 41 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | 87 | 43 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | 87 | 48 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 89 | 53 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 182 | 89 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 99 | 83 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 355 | 103 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 165 | 67 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 48 | 53 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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