Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting times in Western Australia

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

24 public hospitals in Western Australia reported Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) in 2024–25. The state median was 58 days; the national median was 48 days.

1 hospital has no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 48 days marks the national median.

Hedland Health Campus23 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)23 days
Narrogin Hospital24 days
Peel Health Campus35 days
Kalgoorlie Health Campus36 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital38 days
Perth Children's Hospital38 days
Busselton Health Campus47 days
Bunbury Hospital50 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital53 days
Albany Hospital54 days
Osborne Park Hospital54 days
Esperance Hospital55 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital55 days
Karratha Health Campus56 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service74 days
Broome Hospital82 days
Kununurra Hospital90 days
Rockingham General Hospital94 days
Geraldton Hospital96 days
Bentley Health Service98 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus115 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital133 days
Derby Hospitalnot published

Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) in Western Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Hedland Health Campus	23 days	not published	20 surgeries
1	Joondalup Health Campus (Public)	23 days	0.0%	97 surgeries
3	Narrogin Hospital	24 days	not published	10 surgeries
4	Peel Health Campus	35 days	0.0%	118 surgeries
5	Kalgoorlie Health Campus	36 days	0.0%	55 surgeries
6	Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital	38 days	0.5%	198 surgeries
6	Perth Children's Hospital	38 days	not published	12 surgeries
8	Busselton Health Campus	47 days	0.0%	51 surgeries
9	Bunbury Hospital	50 days	2.2%	90 surgeries
10	Fiona Stanley Hospital	53 days	5.1%	59 surgeries
11	Albany Hospital	54 days	2.1%	95 surgeries
11	Osborne Park Hospital	54 days	4.6%	65 surgeries
13	Esperance Hospital	55 days	not published	14 surgeries
13	Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital	55 days	0.7%	142 surgeries
15	Karratha Health Campus	56 days	not published	30 surgeries
16	Fremantle Hospital and Health Service	74 days	1.1%	178 surgeries
17	Broome Hospital	82 days	not published	23 surgeries
18	Kununurra Hospital	90 days	not published	12 surgeries
19	Rockingham General Hospital	94 days	0.6%	174 surgeries
20	Geraldton Hospital	96 days	not published	49 surgeries
21	Bentley Health Service	98 days	not published	44 surgeries
22	Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus	115 days	13.5%	133 surgeries
23	St John of God Midland Public Hospital	133 days	20.9%	91 surgeries
unranked	Derby Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries

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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