Large bowel surgery (colectomy) waiting time at Gosford Hospital
Half of patients at Gosford Hospital waited 21 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 Gosford area of New South Wales.
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
- 21 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 68 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 8.8%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 51 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here is unchanged from 2016–17 (21 days) — while the national median rose from 17 days to 18 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wyong Hospital, about 22 km away, at 15 days. Here, 8.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gosford Hospital | 21 days | 8.8% | 68 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 1.0% | 1797 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.
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 15 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 38 km away: 46 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 38 km away: 13 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 47 km away: 12 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 48 km away: 21 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 52 km away: 14 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 52 km away: 18 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 53 km away: 24 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Gosford Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Gosford Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 21 | 18 | 17 |
| 2017–18 | 17 | 16 | 17 |
| 2018–19 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
| 2019–20 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 20 | 19 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 24 | 17 | 17 |
| 2022–23 | 19 | 20 | 18 |
| 2023–24 | 17 | 20 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 21 | 20 | 18 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Gosford Hospital · Large bowel surgery (colectomy) across Australia · Large bowel surgery (colectomy) in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales