Gallbladder removal waiting times in Tasmania

Public hospitals in Tasmania ranked by their median wait for gallbladder removal, published by the source as “Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)”.

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

4 public hospitals in Tasmania reported gallbladder removal in 2024–25. The state median was 46 days; the national median was 48 days.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)” and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

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

Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) in Tasmania 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	Royal Hobart Hospital	30 days	0.6%	170 surgeries
2	Launceston General Hospital	57 days	7.5%	159 surgeries
3	North West Regional Hospital	96 days	2.6%	76 surgeries
4	Mersey Community Hospital	98 days	not published	25 surgeries

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state.