Laparoscopy waiting time at Flinders Medical Centre

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Laparoscopy at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

Median wait: 130 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 136 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 19.1%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

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

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Laparoscopy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Flinders Medical Centre	130 days	19.1%	136 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	104 days	13.7%	737 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.

Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 13 km away85 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 15 km away149 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 16 km away155 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 24 km away328 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 28 km away196 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 32 km away112 days
South Coast District HospitalSA · about 60 km away41 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 66 km away147 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	Flinders Medical Centre (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	66	50	47
2017–18	70	63	51
2018–19	94	84	57
2019–20	91	88	64
2020–21	86	101	79
2021–22	118	137	78
2022–23	107	113	82
2023–24	89	90	69
2024–25	130	104	69

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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