Gallbladder removal waiting time at Wollongong Hospital
The median wait for gallbladder removal — published by the source as "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)" — at this public hospital in the Wollongong area of New South Wales was 20 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
- 20 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 105 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 176 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 65 days in 2011–12 to 20 days in 2024–25 — down 69% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 1.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong Hospital | 20 days | 1.0% | 105 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
- Wollongong Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wollongong Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 65 | 60 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 43 | 56 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 52 | 55 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 64 | 56 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 56 | 56 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 42 | 51 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 38 | 54 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 53 | 55 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 34 | 55 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 30 | 63 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 55 | 60 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 45 | 72 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 27 | 62 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 20 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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