Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting time at Griffith 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: 53 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 48 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 89 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
Griffith Base Hospital	53 days	not published	48 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	58 days	3.2%	6357 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.

Wagga Wagga HospitalNSW · about 152 km away44 days
Young HospitalNSW · about 206 km away191 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]VIC · about 219 km away48 days
Northeast Health WangarattaVIC · about 232 km away30 days
Lachlan Health Service - ParkesNSW · about 233 km away90 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 239 km away25 days
Cowra Health ServiceNSW · about 249 km away46 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

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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	Griffith Base Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	49	60	51
2012–13	33	56	50
2013–14	28	55	46
2014–15	56	56	43
2015–16	30	56	42
2016–17	46	51	41
2017–18	61	54	45
2018–19	22	55	45
2019–20	36	55	48
2020–21	42	63	56
2021–22	52	60	53
2022–23	41	72	59
2023–24	35	62	46
2024–25	53	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.

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