Gallbladder removal at Fairfield Hospital
Fairfield Hospital is a public hospital in the Prairiewood area, New South Wales. This page shows its waiting times for Gallbladder removal in 2024–25, beside the figures for New South Wales and for Australia.
The source publishes this surgery as "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)".
Figures for this hospital
Each tile shows one figure for Gallbladder removal at Fairfield Hospital.
A rank compares this hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.
- Median wait, Fairfield Hospital
- 74 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Rank135th of 176 nationally
Change on the year before-4 days
- Waiting more than 365 days, Fairfield Hospital
- 1.2%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Rank78th of 123 nationally
- Patients treated, Fairfield Hospital
- 165 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Compared with the state and Australia
The state and national rows cover every public hospital that reported Gallbladder removal. They are never ranked.
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| Who the figures cover | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Hospital | 74 days | 1.2% | 165 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 58 days | 3.2% | 6,357 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 48 days | 2.3% | 18,067 surgeries |
Shorter waits nearby
Fairfield Hospital has 8 public hospitals on its list of nearby public hospitals. The open hospitals below come from that list, nearest first, and each published a shorter median wait for Gallbladder removal than Fairfield Hospital did. Each distance is measured in a straight line.
- Blacktown Hospital9 kilometres away63 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Westmead Hospital10 kilometres away63 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- The Children's Hospital at Westmead10 kilometres away31 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
How this hospital's wait has changed
The median wait for Gallbladder removal at Fairfield Hospital has fallen from 79 days in 2011–12 to 74 days in 2024–25. The earlier figure is from 2011–12, released 19 August 2026, and the latest is from 2024–25, released 19 August 2026.
How the wait has changed
Each chart shows the median wait for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.
- Fairfield Hospital
- New South Wales
- Australia
Show the figures as a table
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| Financial year | Fairfield Hospital | New South Wales | Australia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 79 days | 60 days | 51 days |
| 2012–13 | 92 days | 56 days | 50 days |
| 2013–14 | 82 days | 55 days | 46 days |
| 2014–15 | 89 days | 56 days | 43 days |
| 2015–16 | 84 days | 56 days | 42 days |
| 2016–17 | 72 days | 51 days | 41 days |
| 2017–18 | 78 days | 54 days | 45 days |
| 2018–19 | 126 days | 55 days | 45 days |
| 2019–20 | 92 days | 55 days | 48 days |
| 2020–21 | 104 days | 63 days | 56 days |
| 2021–22 | 132 days | 60 days | 53 days |
| 2022–23 | 140 days | 72 days | 59 days |
| 2023–24 | 78 days | 62 days | 46 days |
| 2024–25 | 74 days | 58 days | 48 days |
More on this page's subjects
All planned surgery at Fairfield Hospital
What this page leaves out
Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.
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Where this data comes from
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 3 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times/v/2026-10-03/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and intended procedure, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 20 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-procedure/v/2026-10-20/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 20 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 3 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/