Surgery Waits

Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection waiting time at St George Hospital NSW

The median wait for colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection at this public hospital in the Kogarah area of New South Wales was 15 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
15 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
75 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 19 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 17 days in 2016–17 to 15 days in 2024–25 — down 12% — while the national median rose from 17 days to 18 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 10 km away, at 9 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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
St George Hospital NSW15 days0.0%75 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)20 days1.0%1797 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)18 days1.0%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection by financial year at St George Hospital NSW, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays061319252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25St George Hospital NSW 15NSW 20Australia 18
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSt George Hospital NSW (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17171817
2017–18161617
2018–19161918
2019–20131617
2020–21211918
2021–22131717
2022–23132018
2023–24142019
2024–25152018

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at St George Hospital NSW · Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection across Australia · Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection in New South Wales