Surgery Waits

Gallbladder removal waiting time at Osborne Park Hospital

The median wait for gallbladder removal — published by the source as "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)" — at this public hospital in the Stirling area of Western Australia was 54 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
54 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
65 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
4.6%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 93 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 53 days in 2011–12 to 54 days in 2024–25 — up 2% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Perth Children's Hospital, about 9 km away, at 38 days. Here, 4.6% 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
Osborne Park Hospital54 days4.6%65 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)58 days3.1%1780 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 Osborne Park Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays02550751002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Osborne Park Hospital 54WA 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 periodOsborne Park Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2011–12532851
2012–13372950
2013–14442746
2014–15563243
2015–16572942
2016–17673541
2017–18634045
2018–19734245
2019–20794648
2020–21715356
2021–22775353
2022–23636259
2023–24555146
2024–25545848

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

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