Laparoscopy waiting time at Cairns Hospital
The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Cairns North area of Queensland was 111 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
- 111 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 80 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 13.8%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 114 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 61 days in 2016–17 to 111 days in 2024–25 — up 82% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Townsville University Hospital, about 288 km away, at 98 days. Here, 13.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairns Hospital | 111 days | 13.8% | 80 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 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Cairns Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Cairns Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 61 | 57 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | 50 | 63 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | 47 | 65 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 81 | 75 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 109 | 72 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 92 | 74 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 112 | 73 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 165 | 76 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 111 | 84 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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