Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

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: 10 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 78 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 3 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
University Hospital Geelong	10 days	0.0%	78 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.

Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 41 km away19 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 61 km away11 days
The AlfredVIC · about 64 km away15 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 65 km away13 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 65 km away20 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 66 km away16 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 67 km away20 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 74 km away84 days

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

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	University Hospital Geelong (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	8	17	17
2017–18	13	18	17
2018–19	9	16	18
2019–20	9	16	17
2020–21	10	16	18
2021–22	11	15	17
2022–23	10	15	18
2023–24	12	15	19
2024–25	10	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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