Surgery Waits

Laparoscopy waiting time at Bunbury Hospital

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the College Grove area of Western Australia was 56 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
56 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
29 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 54 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 22 days in 2016–17 to 56 days in 2024–25 — up 155% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peel Health Campus, about 93 km away, at 14 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
Bunbury Hospital56 daysnot published29 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 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for laparoscopy by financial year at Bunbury Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Bunbury Hospital 56WA 55Australia 69
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Median wait in days for Laparoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodBunbury Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17223447
2017–18294151
2018–19144757
2019–20285664
2020–21596279
2021–22275778
2022–23424782
2023–24645669
2024–25565569

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

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