Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus

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: 16 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 164 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.6%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 28 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
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus	16 days	0.6%	164 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)	18 days	0.6%	616 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.

Sir Charles Gairdner HospitalWA · about 5 km away23 days
Fiona Stanley HospitalWA · about 13 km away22 days
St John of God Midland Public HospitalWA · about 15 km away14 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)WA · about 26 km away15 days
Bunbury HospitalWA · about 158 km away13 days

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

How the wait has changed

Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
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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	Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	21	15	17
2017–18	19	17	17
2018–19	20	21	18
2019–20	20	17	17
2020–21	22	18	18
2021–22	21	17	17
2022–23	21	20	18
2023–24	21	20	19
2024–25	16	18	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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