Gallbladder removal waiting time at Coffs Harbour Hospital
Half of patients at Coffs Harbour Hospital waited 99 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 North Boambee Valley 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
- 99 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 98 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 15.3%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 167 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 82 days in 2011–12 to 99 days in 2024–25 — up 21% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Macksville District Hospital, about 47 km away, at 80 days. Here, 15.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour Hospital | 99 days | 15.3% | 98 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.
Macksville District Hospital, NSW · about 47 km away: 80 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 73 km away: 40 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 128 km away: 71 days
Armidale Hospital, NSW · about 140 km away: 55 days
Ballina District Hospital, NSW · about 168 km away: 76 days
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 169 km away: 48 days
Manning Hospital, NSW · about 187 km away: 75 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 224 km away: 48 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Coffs Harbour Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Coffs Harbour Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 82 | 60 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 73 | 56 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 70 | 55 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 80 | 56 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 91 | 56 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 96 | 51 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 67 | 54 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 42 | 55 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 54 | 55 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 80 | 63 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 68 | 60 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 101 | 72 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 109 | 62 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 99 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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