Laparoscopy waiting time at South Coast District 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: 41 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 18 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 39 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
South Coast District Hospital	41 days	not published	18 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.

Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 48 km away149 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 58 km away196 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 60 km away130 days
Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 72 km away85 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 76 km away155 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 78 km away147 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 81 km away328 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 91 km away112 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	South Coast District Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not published	50	47
2017–18	not published	63	51
2018–19	not published	84	57
2019–20	not published	88	64
2020–21	not published	101	79
2021–22	5	137	78
2022–23	15	113	82
2023–24	19	90	69
2024–25	41	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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