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Gallbladder removal waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for gallbladder removal in Queensland public hospitals was 53 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 48 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

40 public hospitals in Queensland reported gallbladder removal in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

6 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 48 days marks the national median.

Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) in Queensland public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Thursday Island Hospital 1 day not published 12 surgeries
2 Mount Isa Base Hospital 25 days not published 40 surgeries
3 Princess Alexandra Hospital 28 days 0.0% 160 surgeries
4 Ipswich Hospital 32 days 0.0% 90 surgeries
5 Mackay Base Hospital 36 days 3.0% 67 surgeries
5 Townsville University Hospital 36 days 0.7% 140 surgeries
7 Rockhampton Hospital 37 days 2.7% 74 surgeries
8 Sunshine Coast University Hospital 39 days 4.4% 135 surgeries
9 Redland Hospital 42 days 0.0% 166 surgeries
10 Bundaberg Base Hospital 46 days 0.0% 79 surgeries
11 Kingaroy Hospital 49 days not published 21 surgeries
11 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital 49 days 4.2% 119 surgeries
13 Gold Coast University Hospital 51 days 0.5% 215 surgeries
14 The Prince Charles Hospital 52 days 0.0% 304 surgeries
15 Robina Hospital 54 days 0.0% 138 surgeries
16 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital 55 days 0.0% 186 surgeries
17 Logan Hospital 56 days 1.2% 162 surgeries
18 Redcliffe Hospital 57 days 1.6% 123 surgeries
19 Hervey Bay Hospital 59 days 3.3% 90 surgeries
19 Queensland Children's Hospital 59 days not published 20 surgeries
19 Roma Hospital 59 days not published 18 surgeries
22 Nambour General Hospital 61 days 0.9% 107 surgeries
23 Gympie Hospital 63 days not published 29 surgeries
24 Toowoomba Hospital 64 days 0.0% 177 surgeries
25 Caboolture Hospital 66 days 0.5% 188 surgeries
25 Cairns Hospital 66 days 0.6% 160 surgeries
27 Dalby Hospital 70 days not published 15 surgeries
27 Warwick Hospital 70 days not published 17 surgeries
29 Mater Adult Hospital 78 days 2.6% 116 surgeries
30 Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service 79 days 4.6% 194 surgeries
31 Gladstone Hospital 82 days 5.3% 57 surgeries
32 Emerald Hospital 84 days not published 14 surgeries
33 Innisfail Hospital 87 days not published 19 surgeries
34 Maryborough Hospital 94 days not published 21 surgeries
unranked Atherton Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Beaudesert Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Longreach Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Mareeba Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Mater Mothers' Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Proserpine Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Queensland: near the Gold Coast · near Herston · near the Sunshine Coast · near Woolloongabba.

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The median wait for gallbladder removal in Queensland public hospitals was 53 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Gallbladder removal waiting times in Queensland", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/gallbladder-removal/qld/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/gallbladder-removal/qld/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Queensland.