Gallbladder removal waiting time at Esperance Hospital
Half of patients at Esperance Hospital waited 55 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 Esperance area of Western Australia.
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
- 55 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 97 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 31 days in 2012–13 to 55 days in 2024–25 — up 77% — while the national median fell from 50 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Kalgoorlie Health Campus, about 349 km away, at 36 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esperance Hospital | 55 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 58 days | 3.1% | 1780 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.
Kalgoorlie Health Campus, WA · about 349 km away: 36 days
Albany Hospital, WA · about 387 km away: 54 days
Narrogin Hospital, WA · about 450 km away: 24 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 580 km away: 38 days
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 581 km away: 50 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 589 km away: 35 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 591 km away: 133 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 593 km away: 98 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Esperance Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Esperance Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 28 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 31 | 29 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 59 | 27 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 43 | 32 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | not published | 29 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 73 | 35 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 78 | 40 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 55 | 42 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 44 | 46 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 51 | 53 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 54 | 53 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 61 | 62 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 87 | 51 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 55 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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