Laparoscopy waiting time at Gladstone Hospital
The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the West Gladstone area of Queensland was 186 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
- 186 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 32 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 138 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 25 days in 2016–17 to 186 days in 2024–25 — up 644% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Rockhampton Hospital, about 93 km away, at 119 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladstone Hospital | 186 days | not published | 32 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 84 days | 7.1% | 2015 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 69 days | 5.4% | 9403 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Gladstone Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Gladstone Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 25 | 57 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | 83 | 63 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | 40 | 65 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 64 | 75 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 90 | 72 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 272 | 74 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 74 | 73 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 105 | 76 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 186 | 84 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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