Surgery Waits

Laparoscopy waiting time at Broome Hospital

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Broome area of Western Australia was 64 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
64 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
15 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 65 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 41 days in 2016–17 to 64 days in 2024–25 — up 56% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hedland Health Campus, about 469 km away, at 39 days.

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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
Broome Hospital64 daysnot published15 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)55 days5.4%797 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 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for laparoscopy by financial year at Broome Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Broome Hospital 64WA 55Australia 69
  • Broome Hospital
  • WA
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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 periodBroome Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17413447
2017–18494151
2018–19614757
2019–20625664
2020–21546279
2021–22345778
2022–23474782
2023–24735669
2024–25645569

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

All surgery at Broome Hospital · Laparoscopy across Australia · Laparoscopy in Western Australia