Gallbladder removal waiting time at Cessnock Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for gallbladder removal — published by the source as “Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)” — at this public hospital in the Cessnock area of New South Wales, 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
- 122 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 25 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
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 171 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 61 days in 2011–12 to 122 days in 2024–25 — up 100% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Maitland Hospital, about 22 km away, at 84 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cessnock Hospital | 122 days | not published | 25 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
- Cessnock Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Cessnock Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 61 | 60 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 71 | 56 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 66 | 55 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 44 | 56 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 48 | 56 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 56 | 51 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 75 | 54 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 70 | 55 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 92 | 55 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 137 | 63 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 63 | 60 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 67 | 72 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 61 | 62 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 122 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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