Gallbladder removal waiting time at Mudgee Health Service
Half of patients at Mudgee Health Service waited 44 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 Putta Bucca 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
- 44 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 21 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 65 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 93 days in 2011–12 to 44 days in 2024–25 — down 53% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Singleton Hospital, about 150 km away, at 19 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mudgee Health Service | 44 days | not published | 21 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.
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 89 km away: 59 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 92 km away: 66 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 99 km away: 85 days
Lithgow Hospital, NSW · about 112 km away: 62 days
Muswellbrook Hospital, NSW · about 129 km away: 53 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 140 km away: 61 days
Lachlan Health Service - Parkes, NSW · about 146 km away: 90 days
Singleton Hospital, NSW · about 150 km away: 19 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Mudgee Health Service
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Mudgee Health Service (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 93 | 60 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 71 | 56 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 82 | 55 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 184 | 56 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 121 | 56 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 56 | 51 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 66 | 54 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 59 | 55 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 55 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 75 | 63 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 139 | 60 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 40 | 72 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 98 | 62 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 44 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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