Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting time at Nambour General 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: 107 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.9%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
Nambour General Hospital	61 days	0.9%	107 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.

Sunshine Coast University HospitalQLD · about 21 km away39 days
Caboolture HospitalQLD · about 51 km away66 days
Gympie HospitalQLD · about 57 km away63 days
Redcliffe HospitalQLD · about 69 km away57 days
The Prince Charles HospitalQLD · about 86 km away52 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's HospitalQLD · about 92 km away49 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 92 km away79 days
Queensland Children's HospitalQLD · about 96 km away59 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	Nambour General Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	43	44	51
2012–13	59	46	50
2013–14	64	42	46
2014–15	29	38	43
2015–16	30	43	42
2016–17	35	45	41
2017–18	43	51	45
2018–19	51	52	45
2019–20	72	58	48
2020–21	70	52	56
2021–22	90	51	53
2022–23	55	48	59
2023–24	41	47	46
2024–25	61	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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