Laparoscopy waiting time at The Queen Elizabeth 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: 155 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 50 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 34.0%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 133 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 Queen Elizabeth Hospital	155 days	34.0%	50 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 7 km away85 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 15 km away328 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 16 km away130 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 19 km away112 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 29 km away149 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 38 km away196 days
Angaston District HospitalSA · about 64 km away70 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 73 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	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	57	50	47
2017–18	68	63	51
2018–19	71	84	57
2019–20	106	88	64
2020–21	131	101	79
2021–22	173	137	78
2022–23	201	113	82
2023–24	154	90	69
2024–25	155	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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