Large bowel surgery (colectomy) waiting time at Werribee Mercy Hospital
Half of patients at Werribee Mercy Hospital waited 19 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 Hoppers Crossing 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
- 19 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 43 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 38 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 26 days in 2018–19 to 19 days in 2024–25 — down 27% — while the national median stayed at 18 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Western Hospital [Footscray], about 20 km away, at 11 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Werribee Mercy Hospital | 19 days | not published | 43 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.
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 20 km away: 11 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 25 km away: 13 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 25 km away: 20 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 25 km away: 15 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 26 km away: 16 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 34 km away: 84 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 35 km away: 10 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 38 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
- Werribee Mercy Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Werribee Mercy Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 17 | 17 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 18 | 17 |
| 2018–19 | 26 | 16 | 18 |
| 2019–20 | 17 | 16 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 20 | 16 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 15 | 15 | 17 |
| 2022–23 | 14 | 15 | 18 |
| 2023–24 | 15 | 15 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 19 | 15 | 18 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Werribee Mercy Hospital · Large bowel surgery (colectomy) across Australia · Large bowel surgery (colectomy) in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria