Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection waiting time at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

Median wait: 13 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 220 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 2.7%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 87 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre	13 days	2.7%	220 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	15 days	1.4%	1728 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	18 days	1.0%	5575 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 18 days marks the national median.

Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 0 km away20 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 2 km away16 days
The AlfredVIC · about 6 km away15 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 6 km away11 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 9 km away84 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 10 km away10 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 14 km away17 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 17 km away19 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
VIC
Australia

View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	37	17	17
2017–18	37	18	17
2018–19	37	16	18
2019–20	36	16	17
2020–21	29	16	18
2021–22	17	15	17
2022–23	9	15	18
2023–24	16	15	19
2024–25	13	15	18

What is not here

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

All surgery at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre · Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection across Australia · Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection in Victoria