Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting time at Grafton Base Hospital

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: 40 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 85 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 55 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
Grafton Base Hospital	40 days	0.0%	85 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	58 days	3.2%	6357 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

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 48 days marks the national median.

Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 73 km away99 days
Lismore Base HospitalNSW · about 102 km away48 days
Ballina District HospitalNSW · about 109 km away76 days
Macksville District HospitalNSW · about 116 km away80 days
Armidale HospitalNSW · about 155 km away55 days
Tweed Valley HospitalNSW · about 177 km away48 days
Robina HospitalQLD · about 183 km away54 days
Warwick HospitalQLD · about 185 km away70 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

How the wait has changed

Grafton Base Hospital
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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	Grafton Base Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	26	60	51
2012–13	33	56	50
2013–14	35	55	46
2014–15	42	56	43
2015–16	28	56	42
2016–17	49	51	41
2017–18	30	54	45
2018–19	28	55	45
2019–20	32	55	48
2020–21	50	63	56
2021–22	48	60	53
2022–23	42	72	59
2023–24	47	62	46
2024–25	40	58	48

What is not here

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

All surgery at Grafton Base Hospital · Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) across Australia · Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) in New South Wales