Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting time at Dubbo Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

Median wait: 85 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 81 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 8.6%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 152 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Dubbo Hospital	85 days	8.6%	81 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

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

Mudgee Health ServiceNSW · about 99 km away44 days
Lachlan Health Service - ParkesNSW · about 110 km away90 days
Orange Health ServiceNSW · about 128 km away66 days
Bathurst Base HospitalNSW · about 157 km away59 days
Cowra Health ServiceNSW · about 177 km away46 days
Lithgow HospitalNSW · about 199 km away62 days
Muswellbrook HospitalNSW · about 214 km away53 days
Blue Mountains HospitalNSW · about 227 km away61 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Dubbo Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	81	60	51
2012–13	92	56	50
2013–14	71	55	46
2014–15	107	56	43
2015–16	98	56	42
2016–17	82	51	41
2017–18	48	54	45
2018–19	68	55	45
2019–20	67	55	48
2020–21	84	63	56
2021–22	57	60	53
2022–23	89	72	59
2023–24	86	62	46
2024–25	85	58	48

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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