Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting time at Port Macquarie Base 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: 71 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 135 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 2.2%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 131 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
Port Macquarie Base Hospital	71 days	2.2%	135 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.

Manning HospitalNSW · about 65 km away75 days
Macksville District HospitalNSW · about 82 km away80 days
Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 128 km away99 days
Armidale HospitalNSW · about 157 km away55 days
Maitland HospitalNSW · about 189 km away84 days
Tamworth HospitalNSW · about 190 km away48 days
Calvary Mater NewcastleNSW · about 194 km away87 days
Grafton Base HospitalNSW · about 198 km away40 days

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

How the wait has changed

Port Macquarie Base Hospital
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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	Port Macquarie Base Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	83	60	51
2012–13	63	56	50
2013–14	49	55	46
2014–15	61	56	43
2015–16	48	56	42
2016–17	43	51	41
2017–18	45	54	45
2018–19	46	55	45
2019–20	50	55	48
2020–21	60	63	56
2021–22	54	60	53
2022–23	112	72	59
2023–24	64	62	46
2024–25	71	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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