Gallbladder removal waiting time at Bundaberg 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 Bundaberg West area of Queensland, 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
- 46 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 79 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 68 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 40 days in 2011–12 to 46 days in 2024–25 — up 15% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sunshine Coast University Hospital, about 223 km away, at 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bundaberg Base Hospital | 46 days | 0.0% | 79 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 53 days | 1.3% | 3498 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
- Bundaberg Base Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bundaberg Base Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 40 | 44 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 57 | 46 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 42 | 42 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 45 | 38 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 43 | 43 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 68 | 45 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 67 | 51 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 61 | 52 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 91 | 58 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 85 | 52 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 83 | 51 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 83 | 48 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 65 | 47 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 46 | 53 | 48 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for general surgery
These are not figures for cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic). Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.
Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.
Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Bundaberg.
- Patients treated
- 263 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 99.2%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 199 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 0 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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