Large bowel surgery (colectomy) waiting time at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]
Half of patients at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] waited 12 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 Warrnambool 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
- 12 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 26 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 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 15 days in 2016–17 to 12 days in 2024–25 — down 20% — while the national median rose from 17 days to 18 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is University Hospital Geelong, about 167 km away, at 10 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] | 12 days | not published | 26 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 17 days | 0.9% | 470 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.
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 151 km away: 21 days
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service, SA · about 161 km away: 12 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 167 km away: 10 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 202 km away: 19 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 221 km away: 11 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 227 km away: 13 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 227 km away: 20 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 227 km away: 15 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 15 | 17 | 17 |
| 2017–18 | 17 | 18 | 17 |
| 2018–19 | 14 | 16 | 18 |
| 2019–20 | 10 | 16 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 6 | 16 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 11 | 15 | 17 |
| 2022–23 | 8 | 15 | 18 |
| 2023–24 | 10 | 15 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 12 | 15 | 18 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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