Large bowel surgery (colectomy) waiting time at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Half of patients at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital waited 23 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 Kings Park area of Western Australia.
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
- 23 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 98 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 62 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 15 days in 2016–17 to 23 days in 2024–25 — up 53% — while the national median rose from 17 days to 18 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, about 5 km away, at 16 days. Here, 0.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital | 23 days | 0.0% | 98 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 18 days | 0.6% | 616 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 Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 5 km away: 16 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 12 km away: 22 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 20 km away: 14 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 26 km away: 15 days
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 156 km away: 13 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 15 | 15 | 17 |
| 2017–18 | 14 | 17 | 17 |
| 2018–19 | 23 | 21 | 18 |
| 2019–20 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| 2022–23 | 23 | 20 | 18 |
| 2023–24 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 23 | 18 | 18 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital · Large bowel surgery (colectomy) across Australia · Large bowel surgery (colectomy) in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia