Gallbladder removal waiting time at Blue Mountains Hospital
Half of patients at Blue Mountains Hospital waited 61 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 Leura area of New South Wales.
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
- 61 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 118 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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.
The median wait here has risen from 24 days in 2011–12 to 61 days in 2024–25 — up 154% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hawkesbury Hospital, about 47 km away, at 42 days. Here, 0.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountains Hospital | 61 days | 0.0% | 118 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.
Lithgow Hospital, NSW · about 29 km away: 62 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 37 km away: 70 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 47 km away: 42 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 48 km away: 75 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 63 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 57 km away: 74 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 61 km away: 219 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 61 km away: 105 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Blue Mountains Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Blue Mountains Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 24 | 60 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 35 | 56 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 20 | 55 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 15 | 56 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 16 | 56 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 27 | 51 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 43 | 54 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 57 | 55 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 50 | 55 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 33 | 63 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 45 | 60 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 60 | 72 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 68 | 62 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 61 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Blue Mountains Hospital · Gallbladder removal across Australia · Gallbladder removal in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales