Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting time at Nepean 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: 70 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 136 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 3.7%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 128 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
Nepean Hospital	70 days	3.7%	136 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	58 days	3.2%	6357 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.

Mount Druitt HospitalNSW · about 11 km away75 days
Blacktown HospitalNSW · about 19 km away63 days
Hawkesbury HospitalNSW · about 19 km away42 days
Fairfield HospitalNSW · about 21 km away74 days
Westmead HospitalNSW · about 26 km away63 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 26 km away31 days
Liverpool HospitalNSW · about 27 km away105 days
Auburn HospitalNSW · about 32 km away53 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	Nepean Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	81	60	51
2012–13	74	56	50
2013–14	89	55	46
2014–15	91	56	43
2015–16	66	56	42
2016–17	64	51	41
2017–18	80	54	45
2018–19	77	55	45
2019–20	65	55	48
2020–21	90	63	56
2021–22	69	60	53
2022–23	143	72	59
2023–24	121	62	46
2024–25	70	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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