Surgery Waits

Gallbladder removal waiting time at Casey Hospital

The median wait for gallbladder removal — published by the source as "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)" — at this public hospital in the Berwick area of Victoria was 48 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
48 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
188 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 72 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 76 days in 2011–12 to 48 days in 2024–25 — down 37% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Dandenong Hospital, about 14 km away, at 47 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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Casey Hospital48 days0.0%188 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)28 days1.2%4488 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)48 days2.3%18067 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 48 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 cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) by financial year at Casey Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays0631251882502011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Casey Hospital 48VIC 28Australia 48
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodCasey Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–12765451
2012–13986050
2013–14594746
2014–15393643
2015–16253142
2016–17263141
2017–18353545
2018–19403045
2019–20742948
2020–211554556
2021–22383753
2022–232184859
2023–24432746
2024–25482848

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

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