Large bowel surgery (colectomy) waiting time at Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]
Half of patients at Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] waited 13 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 Shepparton 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
- 13 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 31 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
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 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 11 days in 2016–17 to 13 days in 2024–25 — up 18% — 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 158 km away, at 10 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] | 13 days | not published | 31 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.
Northeast Health Wangaratta, VIC · about 81 km away: 15 days
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 109 km away: 15 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 135 km away: 14 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 148 km away: 19 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 158 km away: 10 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 158 km away: 84 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood], VIC · about 161 km away: 19 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 163 km away: 17 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 11 | 17 | 17 |
| 2017–18 | 10 | 18 | 17 |
| 2018–19 | 9 | 16 | 18 |
| 2019–20 | 12 | 16 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 7 | 16 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 8 | 15 | 17 |
| 2022–23 | 10 | 15 | 18 |
| 2023–24 | 13 | 15 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 13 | 15 | 18 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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