Laparoscopy waiting time at Noarlunga Hospital

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Noarlunga Centre area of South Australia was 149 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait: 149 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 83 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 32.5%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 130 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 26 days in 2016–17 to 149 days in 2024–25 — up 473% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 15 km away, at 130 days. Here, 32.5% 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
Noarlunga Hospital	149 days	32.5%	83 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	104 days	13.7%	737 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	69 days	5.4%	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.

Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 15 km away130 days
Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 27 km away85 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 29 km away155 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 34 km away196 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 38 km away328 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 46 km away112 days
South Coast District HospitalSA · about 48 km away41 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 71 km away147 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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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 period	Noarlunga Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	26	50	47
2017–18	55	63	51
2018–19	94	84	57
2019–20	125	88	64
2020–21	316	101	79
2021–22	206	137	78
2022–23	363	113	82
2023–24	249	90	69
2024–25	149	104	69

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

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