Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection waiting time at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]

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: 12 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 26 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 6 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
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]	12 days	not published	26 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	17 days	0.9%	470 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.

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 151 km away21 days
Mount Gambier and Districts Health ServiceSA · about 161 km away12 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 167 km away10 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 202 km away19 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 221 km away11 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 227 km away13 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 227 km away20 days
The AlfredVIC · about 227 km away15 days

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

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

How the wait has changed

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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	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	15	17	17
2017–18	17	18	17
2018–19	14	16	18
2019–20	10	16	17
2020–21	6	16	18
2021–22	11	15	17
2022–23	8	15	18
2023–24	10	15	19
2024–25	12	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.

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