Laparoscopy waiting time at The Bendigo 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: 84 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 91 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 88 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
The Bendigo Hospital	84 days	0.0%	91 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	53 days	2.5%	3279 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.

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 98 km away35 days
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 104 km away45 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 120 km away40 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 122 km away48 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 128 km away36 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 130 km away123 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 131 km away13 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 131 km away51 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	The Bendigo Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	35	41	47
2017–18	48	43	51
2018–19	55	48	57
2019–20	63	53	64
2020–21	65	89	79
2021–22	95	83	78
2022–23	71	103	82
2023–24	77	67	69
2024–25	84	53	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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