Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection waiting times in South Australia

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

8 public hospitals in South Australia reported Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection in 2024–25. The state median was 17 days; the national median was 18 days.

3 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.

Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service12 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital14 days
Flinders Medical Centre15 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital17 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital20 days
Modbury Hospitalnot published
Port Lincoln Health Servicenot published
Whyalla Hospital and Health Servicesnot published

Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection in South Australia 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	Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service	12 days	not published	22 surgeries
2	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital	14 days	0.0%	97 surgeries
3	Flinders Medical Centre	15 days	0.0%	95 surgeries
4	Lyell McEwin Hospital	17 days	0.7%	145 surgeries
5	Royal Adelaide Hospital	20 days	2.9%	105 surgeries
unranked	Modbury Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Port Lincoln Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Whyalla Hospital and Health Services	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.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state.