Gallbladder removal waiting time at Manning Hospital
Half of patients at Manning Hospital waited 75 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 Taree South 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
- 75 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 78 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 10.3%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 137 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 95 days in 2011–12 to 75 days in 2024–25 — down 21% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Port Macquarie Base Hospital, about 65 km away, at 71 days. Here, 10.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manning Hospital | 75 days | 10.3% | 78 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.
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 71 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 125 km away: 84 days
Calvary Mater Newcastle, NSW · about 130 km away: 87 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 133 km away: 61 days
Singleton Hospital, NSW · about 140 km away: 19 days
Macksville District Hospital, NSW · about 140 km away: 80 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 145 km away: 39 days
Cessnock Hospital, NSW · about 146 km away: 122 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Manning Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Manning Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 95 | 60 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 85 | 56 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 84 | 55 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 88 | 56 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 85 | 56 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 78 | 51 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 62 | 54 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 75 | 55 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 84 | 55 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 168 | 63 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 88 | 60 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 107 | 72 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 82 | 62 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 75 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Manning Hospital · Gallbladder removal across Australia · Gallbladder removal in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales