Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection waiting times in Queensland

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

23 public hospitals in Queensland reported Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection in 2024–25. The state median was 22 days; the national median was 18 days.

5 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

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

Cairns Hospital14 days
Townsville University Hospital16 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital17 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital19 days
Gold Coast University Hospital22 days
Ipswich Hospital22 days
Bundaberg Base Hospital24 days
Mater Adult Hospital24 days
Redcliffe Hospital24 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital24 days
The Prince Charles Hospital24 days
Toowoomba Hospital24 days
Caboolture Hospital25 days
Logan Hospital25 days
Hervey Bay Hospital26 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital26 days
Mackay Base Hospital29 days
Rockhampton Hospital30 days
Gladstone Hospitalnot published
Mount Isa Base Hospitalnot published
Nambour General Hospitalnot published
Queensland Children's Hospitalnot published
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Servicenot published

Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection in Queensland public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Cairns Hospital	14 days	not published	44 surgeries
2	Townsville University Hospital	16 days	not published	41 surgeries
3	Princess Alexandra Hospital	17 days	1.9%	54 surgeries
4	Sunshine Coast University Hospital	19 days	0.0%	80 surgeries
5	Gold Coast University Hospital	22 days	0.0%	130 surgeries
5	Ipswich Hospital	22 days	not published	29 surgeries
7	Bundaberg Base Hospital	24 days	not published	30 surgeries
7	Mater Adult Hospital	24 days	not published	29 surgeries
7	Redcliffe Hospital	24 days	not published	36 surgeries
7	Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital	24 days	1.6%	64 surgeries
7	The Prince Charles Hospital	24 days	not published	43 surgeries
7	Toowoomba Hospital	24 days	not published	44 surgeries
13	Caboolture Hospital	25 days	not published	32 surgeries
13	Logan Hospital	25 days	0.0%	92 surgeries
15	Hervey Bay Hospital	26 days	not published	25 surgeries
15	Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital	26 days	0.0%	82 surgeries
17	Mackay Base Hospital	29 days	not published	27 surgeries
18	Rockhampton Hospital	30 days	not published	25 surgeries
unranked	Gladstone Hospital	not published	not published	7 surgeries
unranked	Mount Isa Base Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Nambour General Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Queensland Children's Hospital	not published	not published	7 surgeries
unranked	Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service	not published	not published	not published

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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