Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting time at Queensland Children's 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: 59 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 20 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 110 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
Queensland Children's Hospital	59 days	not published	20 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.

Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 0 km away78 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 2 km away28 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 4 km away79 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's HospitalQLD · about 4 km away49 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee HospitalQLD · about 9 km away55 days
The Prince Charles HospitalQLD · about 10 km away52 days
Redland HospitalQLD · about 23 km away42 days
Logan HospitalQLD · about 24 km away56 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	Queensland Children's Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	44	51
2012–13	not reported for this period	46	50
2013–14	not reported for this period	42	46
2014–15	not published	38	43
2015–16	not published	43	42
2016–17	not published	45	41
2017–18	29	51	45
2018–19	53	52	45
2019–20	not published	58	48
2020–21	not published	52	56
2021–22	29	51	53
2022–23	44	48	59
2023–24	31	47	46
2024–25	59	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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