Gallbladder removal waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for gallbladder removal — published by the source as “Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)” — at this public hospital in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

Median wait: 45 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 157 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 67 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 43 days in 2011–12 to 45 days in 2024–25 — up 5% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is University Hospital Geelong, about 80 km away, at 13 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
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	45 days	0.0%	157 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	28 days	1.2%	4488 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	48 days	2.3%	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.

Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 53 km away91 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 80 km away13 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 83 km away71 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 88 km away25 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 95 km away50 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 98 km away48 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 98 km away43 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 101 km away129 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 Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	43	54	51
2012–13	63	60	50
2013–14	36	47	46
2014–15	22	36	43
2015–16	29	31	42
2016–17	34	31	41
2017–18	43	35	45
2018–19	31	30	45
2019–20	33	29	48
2020–21	35	45	56
2021–22	25	37	53
2022–23	50	48	59
2023–24	29	27	46
2024–25	45	28	48

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

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