Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting time at Shoalhaven 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: 60 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 148 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 4.1%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 114 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
Shoalhaven Hospital	60 days	4.1%	148 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.

Shellharbour HospitalNSW · about 41 km away43 days
Bowral HospitalNSW · about 45 km away35 days
Wollongong HospitalNSW · about 56 km away20 days
Goulburn Base HospitalNSW · about 82 km away52 days
Campbelltown HospitalNSW · about 90 km away219 days
Sutherland HospitalNSW · about 104 km away71 days
Liverpool HospitalNSW · about 110 km away105 days
Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 111 km away65 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Shoalhaven Hospital
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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	Shoalhaven Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	42	60	51
2012–13	43	56	50
2013–14	22	55	46
2014–15	36	56	43
2015–16	50	56	42
2016–17	57	51	41
2017–18	36	54	45
2018–19	52	55	45
2019–20	63	55	48
2020–21	163	63	56
2021–22	60	60	53
2022–23	59	72	59
2023–24	46	62	46
2024–25	60	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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