Gallbladder removal waiting time at Williamstown Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for gallbladder removal — published by the source as “Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)” — at this public hospital in the Williamstown area of Victoria, 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: 48 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 171 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 72 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 81 days in 2011–12 to 48 days in 2024–25 — down 41% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 8 km away, at 36 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.3%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Williamstown Hospital	48 days	0.0%	171 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.

Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 8 km away50 days
The AlfredVIC · about 8 km away36 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 9 km away50 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 9 km away129 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 10 km away27 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 13 km away25 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 15 km away9 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 17 km away71 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	Williamstown Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	81	54	51
2012–13	70	60	50
2013–14	82	47	46
2014–15	58	36	43
2015–16	57	31	42
2016–17	43	31	41
2017–18	42	35	45
2018–19	29	30	45
2019–20	19	29	48
2020–21	116	45	56
2021–22	54	37	53
2022–23	33	48	59
2023–24	28	27	46
2024–25	48	28	48

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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