Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting time at St George Hospital NSW

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: 75 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 183 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 6.0%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 137 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
St George Hospital NSW	75 days	6.0%	183 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.

Canterbury HospitalNSW · about 6 km away83 days
Sutherland HospitalNSW · about 8 km away71 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 10 km away40 days
Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 11 km away65 days
Sydney Children's HospitalNSW · about 11 km away43 days
Prince of Wales HospitalNSW · about 11 km away40 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]NSW · about 13 km away27 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 15 km away34 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	St George Hospital NSW (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	79	60	51
2012–13	90	56	50
2013–14	96	55	46
2014–15	143	56	43
2015–16	88	56	42
2016–17	68	51	41
2017–18	62	54	45
2018–19	71	55	45
2019–20	84	55	48
2020–21	90	63	56
2021–22	48	60	53
2022–23	70	72	59
2023–24	68	62	46
2024–25	75	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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