Gallbladder removal waiting time at Lismore Base Hospital
Half of patients at Lismore Base Hospital waited 48 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 Lismore 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
- 48 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 106 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 7.5%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 72 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 62 days in 2011–12 to 48 days in 2024–25 — down 23% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Grafton Base Hospital, about 102 km away, at 40 days. Here, 7.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lismore Base Hospital | 48 days | 7.5% | 106 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 58 days | 3.2% | 6357 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 53 days | 1.3% | 3498 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.
Ballina District Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 76 days
Tweed Valley Hospital, NSW · about 75 km away: 48 days
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 82 km away: 54 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 95 km away: 51 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 102 km away: 40 days
Logan Hospital, QLD · about 127 km away: 56 days
Warwick Hospital, QLD · about 140 km away: 70 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 141 km away: 55 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Lismore Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Lismore Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 62 | 60 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 64 | 56 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 61 | 55 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 58 | 56 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 51 | 56 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 39 | 51 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 34 | 54 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 75 | 55 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 50 | 55 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 83 | 63 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 70 | 60 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 123 | 72 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 119 | 62 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 48 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Lismore Base Hospital · Gallbladder removal across Australia · Gallbladder removal in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales