Gallbladder removal waiting time at Karratha Health Campus
Median wait, long waits and volumes for gallbladder removal — published by the source as “Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)” — at this public hospital in the Pegs Creek area of Western Australia, 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
- 56 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 30 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 101 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 48 days in 2018–19 to 56 days in 2024–25 — up 17% — while the national median rose from 45 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hedland Health Campus, about 186 km away, at 23 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karratha Health Campus | 56 days | not published | 30 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 58 days | 3.1% | 1780 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 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Karratha Health Campus
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Karratha Health Campus (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 28 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 29 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 27 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 32 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 29 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 35 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 40 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 48 | 42 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 29 | 46 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 57 | 53 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 40 | 53 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 45 | 62 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 35 | 51 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 56 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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