Gallbladder removal waiting time at Angliss Hospital
Half of patients at Angliss Hospital waited 34 days or less for gallbladder removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)". This public hospital is in the Upper Ferntree Gully area of Victoria.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 34 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 140 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.7%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 38 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 52 days in 2011–12 to 34 days in 2024–25 — down 35% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, about 16 km away, at 24 days. Here, 0.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.3%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angliss Hospital | 34 days | 0.7% | 140 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 1.2% | 4488 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.
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 12 km away: 47 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 14 km away: 35 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 16 km away: 24 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 17 km away: 48 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 20 km away: 27 days
Sandringham Hospital, VIC · about 27 km away: 9 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 27 km away: 20 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 28 km away: 32 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Angliss Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Angliss Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 52 | 54 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 41 | 60 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 32 | 47 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 30 | 36 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 24 | 31 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 37 | 31 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 38 | 35 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 35 | 30 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 38 | 29 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 42 | 45 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 28 | 37 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 95 | 48 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 33 | 27 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 34 | 28 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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