Surgery Waits

Laparoscopy waiting time at Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Bentleigh East area of Victoria was 92 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
92 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
83 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
2.4%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 102 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 51 days in 2016–17 to 92 days in 2024–25 — up 80% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], about 8 km away, at 9 days. Here, 2.4% 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
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]92 days2.4%83 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 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], compared with Victoria and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 92VIC 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 periodMonash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17514147
2017–18784351
2018–19974857
2019–201085364
2020–211488979
2021–221778378
2022–2327210382
2023–241666769
2024–25925369

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

All surgery at Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] · Laparoscopy across Australia · Laparoscopy in Victoria