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

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

28 public hospitals in Victoria reported Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection in 2024–25. The state median was 15 days; the national median was 18 days.

7 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.

Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]10 days
University Hospital Geelong10 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]11 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]12 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]13 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre13 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]14 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]15 days
Northeast Health Wangaratta15 days
The Alfred15 days
The Bendigo Hospital15 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]16 days
Box Hill Hospital17 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]19 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]19 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital19 days
Frankston Hospital20 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]20 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]21 days
Dandenong Hospital21 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]84 days
Angliss Hospitalnot published
Casey Hospitalnot published
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]not published
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]not published
Sandringham Hospitalnot published
Sunshine Hospitalnot published
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]not published

Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection in Victoria 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	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	10 days	6.4%	141 surgeries
1	University Hospital Geelong	10 days	0.0%	78 surgeries
3	Western Hospital [Footscray]	11 days	3.1%	96 surgeries
4	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]	12 days	not published	26 surgeries
5	Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]	13 days	not published	31 surgeries
5	Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre	13 days	2.7%	220 surgeries
7	Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]	14 days	0.0%	51 surgeries
8	Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]	15 days	not published	16 surgeries
8	Northeast Health Wangaratta	15 days	not published	49 surgeries
8	The Alfred	15 days	0.0%	108 surgeries
8	The Bendigo Hospital	15 days	0.0%	115 surgeries
12	St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]	16 days	0.0%	63 surgeries
13	Box Hill Hospital	17 days	0.6%	171 surgeries
14	Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]	19 days	not published	19 surgeries
14	The Northern Hospital [Epping]	19 days	0.0%	88 surgeries
14	Werribee Mercy Hospital	19 days	not published	43 surgeries
17	Frankston Hospital	20 days	0.0%	105 surgeries
17	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]	20 days	not published	38 surgeries
19	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	21 days	0.0%	87 surgeries
19	Dandenong Hospital	21 days	1.9%	155 surgeries
21	Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]	84 days	not published	11 surgeries
unranked	Angliss Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Casey Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Sandringham Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Sunshine Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]	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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