Laparoscopy waiting time at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Carlton area of Victoria was 11 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: 11 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 104 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 1.0%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 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 12 days in 2016–17 to 11 days in 2024–25 — down 8% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 2 km away, at 6 days. Here, 1.0% 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
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre	11 days	1.0%	104 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	53 days	2.5%	3279 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.

Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 0 km away51 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 1 km away123 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 2 km away6 days
The AlfredVIC · about 6 km away12 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 6 km away36 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 9 km away79 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 9 km away13 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 10 km away8 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	Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	12	41	47
2017–18	14	43	51
2018–19	15	48	57
2019–20	11	53	64
2020–21	9	89	79
2021–22	8	83	78
2022–23	10	103	82
2023–24	8	67	69
2024–25	11	53	69

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

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