Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in Australian public hospitals was 69 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 6 days at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus to 352 days at Dalby Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as "Laparoscopy".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
Across Australia, the median wait for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in public hospitals was 69 days in 2024–25, from 9403 surgeries. 5.4% of people waited more than 365 days. 149 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
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.
State by state
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 69 days marks the national median.
Victoria: 53 days
Western Australia: 55 days
New South Wales: 70 days
Queensland: 84 days
Tasmania: 86 days
South Australia: 104 days
Northern Territory: not published
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria | 53 days | 2.5% | 3279 surgeries |
| 2 | Western Australia | 55 days | 5.4% | 797 surgeries |
| 3 | New South Wales | 70 days | 6.0% | 2149 surgeries |
| 4 | Queensland | 84 days | 7.1% | 2015 surgeries |
| 5 | Tasmania | 86 days | 3.5% | 339 surgeries |
| 6 | South Australia | 104 days | 13.7% | 737 surgeries |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | 87 surgeries |
Ranked by area: near Box Hill · near Clayton · near Liverpool · near Randwick · near St Leonards · near Woolloongabba · and 14 more areas on the state pages.
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- VIC
- WA
- NSW
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | WA (days) | NSW (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 47 | 41 | 34 | 50 |
| 2017–18 | 51 | 43 | 41 | 54 |
| 2018–19 | 57 | 48 | 47 | 58 |
| 2019–20 | 64 | 53 | 56 | 66 |
| 2020–21 | 79 | 89 | 62 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 78 | 83 | 57 | 69 |
| 2022–23 | 82 | 103 | 47 | 74 |
| 2023–24 | 69 | 67 | 56 | 59 |
| 2024–25 | 69 | 53 | 55 | 70 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in a public hospital?
The national median was 69 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 53 days in Victoria to 104 days in South Australia.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy)?
Of the 149 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus reported the shortest median, 6 days, and Dalby Hospital the longest, 352 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). A shorter median is not a recommendation. How to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
5.4% of people who had keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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The national median wait for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in Australian public hospitals was 69 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laparoscopy/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laparoscopy/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/laparoscopy.svg" width="720" height="352" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.