Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting time at Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) at this public hospital, 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: 25 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 121 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 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]	25 days	0.0%	121 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.

Northeast Health WangarattaVIC · about 81 km away30 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 109 km away43 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]VIC · about 135 km away48 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 148 km away19 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 158 km away20 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 158 km away32 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 163 km away27 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 164 km away25 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	Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	28	54	51
2012–13	26	60	50
2013–14	26	47	46
2014–15	23	36	43
2015–16	18	31	42
2016–17	18	31	41
2017–18	21	35	45
2018–19	18	30	45
2019–20	17	29	48
2020–21	32	45	56
2021–22	20	37	53
2022–23	29	48	59
2023–24	29	27	46
2024–25	25	28	48

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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