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Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in New South Wales public hospitals was 70 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 69 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Laparoscopy".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

64 public hospitals in New South Wales reported keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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16 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 69 days marks the national median.

Laparoscopy in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Concord Repatriation Hospital 7 days not published 20 surgeries
2 Liverpool Hospital 9 days not published 30 surgeries
3 Wollongong Hospital 10 days 7.1% 56 surgeries
4 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 17 days 0.0% 201 surgeries
5 Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital 19 days not published 44 surgeries
6 St George Hospital NSW 22 days 10.2% 59 surgeries
7 John Hunter Hospital 25 days 7.3% 82 surgeries
7 Westmead Hospital 25 days not published 39 surgeries
9 Sydney Children's Hospital 26 days not published 12 surgeries
10 Casino and District Memorial Hospital 27 days not published 18 surgeries
10 Prince of Wales Hospital 27 days not published 14 surgeries
12 Orange Health Service 28 days not published 27 surgeries
13 Moruya Hospital 36 days not published 27 surgeries
14 Queanbeyan Hospital 46 days not published 28 surgeries
15 Broken Hill Hospital 49 days not published 18 surgeries
15 Royal North Shore Hospital 49 days 1.3% 78 surgeries
17 Griffith Base Hospital 53 days not published 39 surgeries
18 Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital 55 days not published 14 surgeries
19 Ryde Hospital 58 days 0.0% 50 surgeries
20 The Children's Hospital at Westmead 62 days not published 27 surgeries
21 Lismore Base Hospital 63 days 0.0% 51 surgeries
21 Port Macquarie Base Hospital 63 days not published 30 surgeries
23 Shoalhaven Hospital 65 days not published 19 surgeries
24 Northern Beaches Hospital 69 days 0.0% 52 surgeries
25 Wagga Wagga Hospital 70 days not published 38 surgeries
26 Wauchope District Memorial Hospital 72 days not published 10 surgeries
27 Grafton Base Hospital 73 days not published 39 surgeries
28 Belmont Hospital 74 days 2.4% 84 surgeries
29 Ballina District Hospital 76 days not published 17 surgeries
30 Singleton Hospital 79 days not published 29 surgeries
31 Blacktown Hospital 84 days not published 25 surgeries
31 Tweed Valley Hospital 84 days 0.0% 66 surgeries
33 Auburn Hospital 87 days not published 27 surgeries
34 Campbelltown Hospital 92 days 14.0% 136 surgeries
35 Dubbo Hospital 94 days not published 42 surgeries
36 Gosford Hospital 102 days 9.6% 52 surgeries
37 Hawkesbury Hospital 109 days not published 40 surgeries
38 St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] 116 days not published 14 surgeries
39 Tamworth Hospital 127 days not published 25 surgeries
40 Fairfield Hospital 132 days not published 30 surgeries
41 Canterbury Hospital 141 days not published 17 surgeries
42 Royal Hospital for Women 150 days not published 36 surgeries
43 Manning Hospital 167 days not published 39 surgeries
44 Maitland Hospital 171 days 4.8% 62 surgeries
45 Sutherland Hospital 210 days not published 37 surgeries
46 Coffs Harbour Hospital 280 days not published 19 surgeries
47 Nepean Hospital 291 days 25.8% 97 surgeries
48 Blue Mountains Hospital 325 days 15.8% 57 surgeries
unranked Armidale Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Bathurst Base Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Bowral Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Calvary Mater Newcastle not published not published not published
unranked Cooma Hospital and Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Cowra Health Service not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Goulburn Base Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Lachlan Health Service - Parkes not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Lithgow Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Macksville District Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Mount Druitt Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Mudgee Health Service not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Muswellbrook Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Shellharbour Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked South East Regional Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Wyong Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries

Ranked by area in New South Wales: near Camperdown · near Liverpool · near Penrith · near Randwick · near St Leonards · near Westmead.

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The median wait for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in New South Wales public hospitals was 70 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in NSW", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laparoscopy/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laparoscopy/nsw/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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