Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection waiting time at Royal Darwin Hospital
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
- 20 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 28 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 87 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 44 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Darwin Hospital | 20 days | not published | 28 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 29 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 18 days | 1.0% | 5575 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
No other public hospital within 1,000 km published a figure for this surgery in this period.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Darwin Hospital
- NT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Darwin Hospital (days) | NT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 12 | not published | 17 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 17 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 18 |
| 2019–20 | 10 | not published | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 15 | not published | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 17 | not published | 17 |
| 2022–23 | 21 | not published | 18 |
| 2023–24 | 21 | not published | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 20 | not published | 18 |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
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