Gallbladder removal waiting time at Hawkesbury Hospital
Half of patients at Hawkesbury Hospital waited 42 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 Windsor 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
- 42 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 109 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 59 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 163 days in 2011–12 to 42 days in 2024–25 — down 74% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Children's Hospital at Westmead, about 26 km away, at 31 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.3%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkesbury Hospital | 42 days | 0.0% | 109 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.
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 17 km away: 75 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 70 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 63 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 26 km away: 31 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 63 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 29 km away: 74 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 29 km away: 56 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 32 km away: 41 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Hawkesbury Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Hawkesbury Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 163 | 60 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 75 | 56 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 59 | 55 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 63 | 56 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 43 | 56 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 32 | 51 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 38 | 54 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 28 | 55 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 32 | 55 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 60 | 63 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 51 | 60 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 30 | 72 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 69 | 62 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 42 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Hawkesbury Hospital · Gallbladder removal across Australia · Gallbladder removal in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales