Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting time at Williamstown Hospital
Half of patients at Williamstown Hospital waited 79 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 Williamstown 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
- 79 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 82 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 42 days in 2022–23 to 79 days in 2024–25 — up 88% — while the national median fell from 82 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Western Hospital [Footscray], about 8 km away, at 36 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamstown Hospital | 79 days | not published | 13 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 8 km away: 36 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 8 km away: 12 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 9 km away: 11 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 9 km away: 51 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 9 km away: 123 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 10 km away: 6 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 13 km away: 48 days
Sandringham Monash, VIC · about 15 km away: 123 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Williamstown Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Williamstown Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 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 published | 83 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 42 | 103 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 29 | 67 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 79 | 53 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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