Laparoscopy waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Laparoscopy, nationally and by state.

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

Across Australia, the median wait for Laparoscopy in public hospitals was 69 days in 2024–25, from 9403 surgeries. 5.4% of people waited more than 365 days. 149 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 69 days marks the national median.

Victoria53 days
Western Australia55 days
New South Wales70 days
Queensland84 days
Tasmania86 days
South Australia104 days
Northern Territorynot published

Laparoscopy in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	State or territory	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Victoria	53 days	2.5%	3279 surgeries
2	Western Australia	55 days	5.4%	797 surgeries
3	New South Wales	70 days	6.0%	2149 surgeries
4	Queensland	84 days	7.1%	2015 surgeries
5	Tasmania	86 days	3.5%	339 surgeries
6	South Australia	104 days	13.7%	737 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	87 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
WA
NSW

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	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	WA (days)	NSW (days)
2016–17	47	41	34	50
2017–18	51	43	41	54
2018–19	57	48	47	58
2019–20	64	53	56	66
2020–21	79	89	62	79
2021–22	78	83	57	69
2022–23	82	103	47	74
2023–24	69	67	56	59
2024–25	69	53	55	70

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.