Laparoscopy waiting time at Lyell McEwin Hospital

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: 112 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 88 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 21.6%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 115 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
Lyell McEwin Hospital	112 days	21.6%	88 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.

Modbury HospitalSA · about 10 km away328 days
Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 19 km away85 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 19 km away155 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 32 km away130 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 42 km away196 days
Angaston District HospitalSA · about 45 km away70 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 46 km away149 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 70 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	Lyell McEwin Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	86	50	47
2017–18	90	63	51
2018–19	90	84	57
2019–20	322	88	64
2020–21	392	101	79
2021–22	342	137	78
2022–23	349	113	82
2023–24	83	90	69
2024–25	112	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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