Large bowel surgery (colectomy) waiting time at Box Hill Hospital
Half of patients at Box Hill Hospital waited 17 days or less for large bowel surgery (colectomy) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection". This public hospital is in the Box Hill area of Victoria.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 17 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 171 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.6%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 32 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 13 days in 2016–17 to 17 days in 2024–25 — up 31% — while the national median rose from 17 days to 18 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 8 km away, at 10 days. Here, 0.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box Hill Hospital | 17 days | 0.6% | 171 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.
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 8 km away: 10 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 9 km away: 84 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood], VIC · about 12 km away: 19 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 13 km away: 15 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 13 km away: 16 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 14 km away: 20 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 14 km away: 13 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 20 km away: 19 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Box Hill Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Box Hill Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 13 | 17 | 17 |
| 2017–18 | 8 | 18 | 17 |
| 2018–19 | 9 | 16 | 18 |
| 2019–20 | 8 | 16 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 13 | 16 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 11 | 15 | 17 |
| 2022–23 | 11 | 15 | 18 |
| 2023–24 | 14 | 15 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 17 | 15 | 18 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Box Hill Hospital · Large bowel surgery (colectomy) across Australia · Large bowel surgery (colectomy) in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria