Gallbladder removal waiting time at Emerald Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for gallbladder removal — published by the source as “Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)” — at this public hospital in the Emerald 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
- 84 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 150 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 34 days in 2014–15 to 84 days in 2024–25 — up 147% — while the national median rose from 43 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Rockhampton Hospital, about 239 km away, at 37 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerald Hospital | 84 days | not published | 14 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 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Emerald Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Emerald Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 44 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 46 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 42 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 34 | 38 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 50 | 43 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 61 | 45 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 69 | 51 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 69 | 52 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 58 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 52 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 51 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 48 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 47 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 84 | 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 Emerald.
- Patients treated
- 34 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 79.4%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 27 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 4 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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