Gallbladder removal waiting time at Sydney Children's Hospital
The median wait for gallbladder removal — published by the source as "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)" — at this public hospital in the Randwick area of New South Wales was 43 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
- 43 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
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 62 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Prince of Wales Hospital, about 0 km away, at 40 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Children's Hospital | 43 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 58 days | 3.2% | 6357 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 48 days | 2.3% | 18067 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sydney Children's Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sydney Children's Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 60 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 56 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 55 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | not published | 56 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | not published | 56 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 51 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 54 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 55 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 55 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 63 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 60 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 72 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 62 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 43 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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