Surgery Waits

Laparoscopy waiting time at Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Traralgon area of Victoria was 62 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
62 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
131 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
2.3%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 60 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here is unchanged from 2016–17 (62 days) — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul], about 48 km away, at 44 days. Here, 2.3% 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
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]62 days2.3%131 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 Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], compared with Victoria and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] 62VIC 53Australia 69
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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 periodLatrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17624147
2017–18444351
2018–19554857
2019–20415364
2020–21358979
2021–22458378
2022–233810382
2023–24676769
2024–25625369

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

All surgery at Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] · Laparoscopy across Australia · Laparoscopy in Victoria