Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting time at Gladstone 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: 82 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 57 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 5.3%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 147 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
Gladstone Hospital	82 days	5.3%	57 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	53 days	1.3%	3498 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.

Rockhampton HospitalQLD · about 93 km away37 days
Bundaberg Base HospitalQLD · about 158 km away46 days
Hervey Bay HospitalQLD · about 226 km away59 days
Maryborough HospitalQLD · about 236 km away94 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	Gladstone Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	15	44	51
2012–13	14	46	50
2013–14	21	42	46
2014–15	26	38	43
2015–16	29	43	42
2016–17	26	45	41
2017–18	43	51	45
2018–19	48	52	45
2019–20	55	58	48
2020–21	36	52	56
2021–22	50	51	53
2022–23	48	48	59
2023–24	102	47	46
2024–25	82	53	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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