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Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting time at Palmerston Regional 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
49 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
37 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 79 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
Palmerston Regional Hospital49 daysnot published37 surgeries
Northern Territory (all public hospitals)42 days0.0%118 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)58 days3.1%1780 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)48 days2.3%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.

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.

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

Median wait for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) by financial year at Palmerston Regional Hospital, compared with Northern Territory and Australiadays03163941252011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Palmerston Regional Hospital 49NT 42Australia 48
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Median wait in days for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodPalmerston Regional Hospital (days)NT (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not reported for this period6351
2012–13not reported for this period5850
2013–14not reported for this period4946
2014–15not reported for this period5043
2015–16not reported for this period4342
2016–17not reported for this period4341
2017–18not reported for this period3645
2018–19not reported for this period4545
2019–20784248
2020–211113956
2021–22393353
2022–23473559
2023–24352946
2024–25494248

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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