Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting time at John Hunter 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: 61 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 66 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 7.6%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 115 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
John Hunter Hospital	61 days	7.6%	66 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.

Calvary Mater NewcastleNSW · about 4 km away87 days
Belmont HospitalNSW · about 12 km away39 days
Maitland HospitalNSW · about 26 km away84 days
Cessnock HospitalNSW · about 34 km away122 days
Wyong HospitalNSW · about 43 km away72 days
Singleton HospitalNSW · about 62 km away19 days
Gosford HospitalNSW · about 64 km away81 days
Northern Beaches HospitalNSW · about 101 km away57 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	John Hunter Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	72	60	51
2012–13	62	56	50
2013–14	46	55	46
2014–15	53	56	43
2015–16	57	56	42
2016–17	62	51	41
2017–18	72	54	45
2018–19	54	55	45
2019–20	43	55	48
2020–21	66	63	56
2021–22	53	60	53
2022–23	61	72	59
2023–24	55	62	46
2024–25	61	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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