Surgery Waits

Gallbladder removal waiting time at Liverpool Hospital

The median wait for gallbladder removal — published by the source as "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)" — at this public hospital in the Warwick Farm area of New South Wales was 105 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
105 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
217 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
19.8%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 168 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 69 days in 2011–12 to 105 days in 2024–25 — up 52% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Fairfield Hospital, about 7 km away, at 74 days. Here, 19.8% 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
Liverpool Hospital105 days19.8%217 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)58 days3.2%6357 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)48 days2.3%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) by financial year at Liverpool Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays038751131502011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Liverpool Hospital 105NSW 58Australia 48
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Median wait in days for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodLiverpool Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12696051
2012–13535650
2013–14595546
2014–15565643
2015–16575642
2016–17715141
2017–18705445
2018–19795545
2019–201145548
2020–21816356
2021–22706053
2022–231457259
2023–241026246
2024–251055848

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

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