Gallbladder removal waiting time at Macksville District Hospital
Half of patients at Macksville District Hospital waited 80 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 Macksville 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
- 80 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 33 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 144 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 56 days in 2012–13 to 80 days in 2024–25 — up 43% — while the national median fell from 50 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Port Macquarie Base Hospital, about 82 km away, at 71 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macksville District Hospital | 80 days | not published | 33 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.
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 47 km away: 99 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 82 km away: 71 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 40 days
Armidale Hospital, NSW · about 123 km away: 55 days
Manning Hospital, NSW · about 140 km away: 75 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 195 km away: 48 days
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 215 km away: 48 days
Ballina District Hospital, NSW · about 215 km away: 76 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Macksville District Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Macksville District Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 60 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 56 | 56 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 55 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 71 | 56 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 56 | 56 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 85 | 51 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 259 | 54 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 61 | 55 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 145 | 63 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 187 | 60 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 193 | 72 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 120 | 62 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 80 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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