Gallbladder removal waiting time at Lithgow Hospital
The median wait for gallbladder removal — published by the source as "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)" — at this public hospital in the South Littleton area of New South Wales was 62 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
- 62 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 118 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 69 days in 2011–12 to 62 days in 2024–25 — down 10% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Blue Mountains Hospital, about 29 km away, at 61 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lithgow Hospital | 62 days | not published | 11 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
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Lithgow Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Lithgow Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 69 | 60 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 68 | 56 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 83 | 55 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 74 | 56 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 66 | 56 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 62 | 51 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 78 | 54 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 86 | 55 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 76 | 55 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 80 | 63 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 60 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 64 | 72 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 62 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 62 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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