Gallbladder removal waiting time at Auburn Hospital
The median wait for gallbladder removal — published by the source as "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)" — at this public hospital in the Auburn area of New South Wales was 53 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
- 53 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 187 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 176 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 89 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 91 days in 2011–12 to 53 days in 2024–25 — down 42% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Concord Repatriation Hospital, about 6 km away, at 34 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.3%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Hospital | 53 days | 0.0% | 187 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 58 days | 3.2% | 6357 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 48 days | 2.3% | 18067 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Auburn Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Auburn Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 91 | 60 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 68 | 56 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 74 | 55 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 78 | 56 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 70 | 56 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 71 | 51 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 63 | 54 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 71 | 55 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 73 | 55 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 68 | 63 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 111 | 60 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 80 | 72 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 62 | 62 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 53 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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