Gallbladder removal waiting time at Gove Hospital
The median wait for gallbladder removal — published by the source as "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)" — at this public hospital in the Nhulunbuy area of Northern Territory was 127 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 127 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 172 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 55 days in 2018–19 to 127 days in 2024–25 — up 131% — while the national median rose from 45 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Thursday Island Hospital, about 618 km away, at 1 day.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gove Hospital | 127 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | 42 days | 0.0% | 118 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 53 days | 1.3% | 3498 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
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.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Gove Hospital
- NT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Gove Hospital (days) | NT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 63 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 58 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 49 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 50 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 43 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 43 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 36 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 55 | 45 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 42 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 39 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 33 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 35 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 29 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 127 | 42 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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