Surgery Waits

Laparoscopy waiting time at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Whyalla area of South 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
10 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 11 days in 2018–19 to 64 days in 2024–25 — up 482% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 69 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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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
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services64 daysnot published10 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)104 days13.7%737 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 Whyalla Hospital and Health Services, compared with South Australia and Australiadays038751131502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Whyalla Hospital and Health Services 64SA 104Australia 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 periodWhyalla Hospital and Health Services (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published5047
2017–18not published6351
2018–19118457
2019–20118864
2020–21710179
2021–221113778
2022–232011382
2023–24219069
2024–256410469

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

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