Surgery Waits

Laparoscopy waiting time at Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Robertson area of Queensland was 91 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
91 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
75 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
5.3%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 100 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 77 days in 2016–17 to 91 days in 2024–25 — up 18% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 7 km away, at 17 days. Here, 5.3% 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
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital91 days5.3%75 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)84 days7.1%2015 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 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital 91QLD 84Australia 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 periodQueen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17775747
2017–18726351
2018–19566557
2019–20607564
2020–21897279
2021–22647478
2022–23827382
2023–242037669
2024–25918469

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

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