Surgery Waits

Laparoscopy waiting time at Blackburn Public Surgical Centre

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Blackburn South area of Victoria was 53 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
53 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
151 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 49 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 330 days in 2022–23 to 53 days in 2024–25 — down 84% — while the national median fell from 82 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Box Hill Hospital, about 4 km away, at 28 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.4%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Laparoscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre53 days0.0%151 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)53 days2.5%3279 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)69 days5.4%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for laparoscopy by financial year at Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, compared with Victoria and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Blackburn Public Surgical Centre 53VIC 53Australia 69
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Median wait in days for Laparoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodBlackburn Public Surgical Centre (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this period4147
2017–18not reported for this period4351
2018–19not reported for this period4857
2019–20not reported for this period5364
2020–21not reported for this period8979
2021–22not reported for this period8378
2022–2333010382
2023–241186769
2024–25535369

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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