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Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in Victoria public hospitals was 53 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.

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

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.

8 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 Victoria 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 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 6 days not published 30 surgeries
2 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 8 days not published 30 surgeries
3 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 9 days not published 49 surgeries
4 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre 11 days 1.0% 104 surgeries
5 The Alfred 12 days not published 41 surgeries
6 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 13 days not published 14 surgeries
7 Frankston Hospital 15 days 0.0% 65 surgeries
8 Box Hill Hospital 28 days 0.0% 87 surgeries
9 University Hospital Geelong 34 days 0.0% 133 surgeries
10 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 35 days 0.0% 130 surgeries
10 Frankston Public Surgical Centre 35 days 0.0% 79 surgeries
12 Western Hospital [Footscray] 36 days not published 37 surgeries
13 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 40 days 0.0% 70 surgeries
14 West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] 44 days 0.0% 91 surgeries
15 Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh] 45 days not published 39 surgeries
16 Bass Coast Health 46 days 0.0% 50 surgeries
17 Sunshine Hospital 48 days 0.6% 165 surgeries
18 Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville] 51 days 0.7% 550 surgeries
19 Blackburn Public Surgical Centre 53 days 0.0% 151 surgeries
20 Northeast Health Wangaratta 58 days 0.0% 63 surgeries
21 Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] 62 days 2.3% 131 surgeries
22 Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] 63 days 1.5% 203 surgeries
23 South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] 78 days 1.4% 69 surgeries
24 Williamstown Hospital 79 days not published 13 surgeries
25 Angliss Hospital 81 days 0.0% 161 surgeries
26 The Bendigo Hospital 84 days 0.0% 91 surgeries
27 South West Healthcare [Camperdown] 91 days not published 17 surgeries
28 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 92 days 2.4% 83 surgeries
29 Werribee Mercy Hospital 120 days not published 26 surgeries
30 Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] 123 days not published 21 surgeries
30 Sandringham Monash 123 days 0.0% 65 surgeries
32 Mercy Hospital for Women 156 days 22.3% 220 surgeries
33 Casey Hospital 167 days 3.0% 101 surgeries
34 Dandenong Hospital 191 days 9.2% 65 surgeries
unranked Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre not published not published not published
unranked Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health not published not published not published
unranked Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] not published not published not published
unranked Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Sandringham Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Kilmore & District Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Yarra Ranges Health not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Box Hill · near Clayton · near Frankston · near Heidelberg · near St Albans.

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The median wait for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in Victoria public hospitals was 53 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laparoscopy/vic/), 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.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Victoria.