Gallbladder removal waiting time at Liverpool Hospital
Half of patients at Liverpool Hospital waited 105 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 Warwick Farm 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
- 105 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 217 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 19.8%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 168 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 69 days in 2011–12 to 105 days in 2024–25 — up 52% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Fairfield Hospital, about 7 km away, at 74 days. Here, 19.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.3%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Hospital | 105 days | 19.8% | 217 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.
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 7 km away: 74 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 8 km away: 65 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 53 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 63 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 14 km away: 31 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 83 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 63 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 18 km away: 34 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Liverpool Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Liverpool Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 69 | 60 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 53 | 56 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 59 | 55 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 56 | 56 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 57 | 56 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 71 | 51 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 70 | 54 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 79 | 55 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 114 | 55 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 81 | 63 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 70 | 60 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 145 | 72 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 102 | 62 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 105 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Liverpool Hospital · Gallbladder removal across Australia · Gallbladder removal in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales