Laparoscopy waiting time at The Prince Charles Hospital

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Chermside West area of Queensland was 22 days in 2024–25.

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: 22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 14 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 18 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 7 days in 2016–17 to 22 days in 2024–25 — up 214% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 12 km away, at 17 days.

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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
The Prince Charles Hospital	22 days	not published	14 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	84 days	7.1%	2015 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.

Royal Brisbane & Women's HospitalQLD · about 6 km away87 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 7 km away84 days
Queensland Children's HospitalQLD · about 10 km away40 days
Mater Mothers' HospitalQLD · about 11 km away189 days
Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 11 km away23 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 12 km away17 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee HospitalQLD · about 19 km away91 days
Redcliffe HospitalQLD · about 20 km away85 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Laparoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Prince Charles Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	7	57	47
2017–18	not published	63	51
2018–19	not published	65	57
2019–20	28	75	64
2020–21	20	72	79
2021–22	14	74	78
2022–23	27	73	82
2023–24	14	76	69
2024–25	22	84	69

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

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