Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting time at West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]

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: 23 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 114 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 12 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
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]	23 days	0.0%	114 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	28 days	1.2%	4488 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.

Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]VIC · about 48 km away27 days
Casey HospitalVIC · about 53 km away48 days
Bass Coast HealthVIC · about 57 km away35 days
Angliss HospitalVIC · about 62 km away34 days
Dandenong HospitalVIC · about 66 km away47 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 69 km away29 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 70 km away22 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 73 km away35 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	West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	34	54	51
2012–13	62	60	50
2013–14	69	47	46
2014–15	46	36	43
2015–16	54	31	42
2016–17	26	31	41
2017–18	26	35	45
2018–19	22	30	45
2019–20	27	29	48
2020–21	22	45	56
2021–22	21	37	53
2022–23	32	48	59
2023–24	26	27	46
2024–25	23	28	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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