Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting time at Fairfield 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: 74 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 165 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 1.2%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 135 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
Fairfield Hospital	74 days	1.2%	165 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.

Liverpool HospitalNSW · about 7 km away105 days
Blacktown HospitalNSW · about 9 km away63 days
Westmead HospitalNSW · about 10 km away63 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 10 km away31 days
Auburn HospitalNSW · about 12 km away53 days
Mount Druitt HospitalNSW · about 13 km away75 days
Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 13 km away65 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 18 km away34 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	Fairfield Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	79	60	51
2012–13	92	56	50
2013–14	82	55	46
2014–15	89	56	43
2015–16	84	56	42
2016–17	72	51	41
2017–18	78	54	45
2018–19	126	55	45
2019–20	92	55	48
2020–21	104	63	56
2021–22	132	60	53
2022–23	140	72	59
2023–24	78	62	46
2024–25	74	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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