Gallbladder removal waiting time at Royal Darwin Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for gallbladder removal — published by the source as “Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)” — at this public hospital in the Tiwi area of Northern Territory, 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
- 26 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 52 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 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 79 days in 2011–12 to 26 days in 2024–25 — down 67% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.3%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)” and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Darwin Hospital | 26 days | 0.0% | 52 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | 42 days | 0.0% | 118 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.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Darwin Hospital
- NT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Darwin Hospital (days) | NT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 79 | 63 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 71 | 58 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 51 | 49 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 59 | 50 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 55 | 43 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 44 | 43 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 37 | 36 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 63 | 45 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 70 | 42 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 45 | 39 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 43 | 33 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 25 | 35 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 22 | 29 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 26 | 42 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Darwin Hospital · Gallbladder removal across Australia · Gallbladder removal in Northern Territory