Large bowel surgery (colectomy) waiting time at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Half of patients at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre 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 Carlton 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
- 220 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.7%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 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 37 days in 2016–17 to 13 days in 2024–25 — down 65% — while the national median rose from 17 days to 18 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Western Hospital [Footscray], about 6 km away, at 11 days. Here, 2.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.0%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre | 13 days | 2.7% | 220 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.
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 0 km away: 20 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 2 km away: 16 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 6 km away: 15 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 6 km away: 11 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 9 km away: 84 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 10 km away: 10 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 14 km away: 17 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 17 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
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 37 | 17 | 17 |
| 2017–18 | 37 | 18 | 17 |
| 2018–19 | 37 | 16 | 18 |
| 2019–20 | 36 | 16 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 29 | 16 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 17 | 15 | 17 |
| 2022–23 | 9 | 15 | 18 |
| 2023–24 | 16 | 15 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 13 | 15 | 18 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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