Large bowel surgery (colectomy) near Herston
Near Herston, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital and The Prince Charles Hospital, and Mater Adult Hospital just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for large bowel surgery (colectomy) in 2024–25: 24 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
3 public hospitals are ranked here by the median wait the source published for large bowel surgery (colectomy), shortest first, and by nothing else. Every hospital listed is within 120 km of every other. 1 hospital sits just outside this area, within about 25 km of one of its hospitals, and is included because a referral can cross the line. 1 hospital has no current published median. It is listed last and never ranked; a figure the source withheld reads "not published". The source publishes this surgery as "Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection".
Hospitals in or near Herston
| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mater Adult Hospital | 24 days | not published | Dutton Park, QLD. Outside this area, about 4 km from Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital. |
| 1 | Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital | 24 days | 1.6% | Herston, QLD. In this area. |
| 1 | The Prince Charles Hospital | 24 days | not published | Chermside West, QLD. In this area. |
| unranked | Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service | not published | not published | Herston, QLD. In this area. |
This area covers Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service and The Prince Charles Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Metro North (Qld)" within 25 km of Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital. 2 other hospitals of the network are farther away and not part of this area. Distances are straight lines between hospital locations, rounded to the nearest kilometre; they are not travel distances. A shorter median does not mean a hospital will see you sooner: your urgency category and your specialist decide that.
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Near Herston, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital and The Prince Charles Hospital, and Mater Adult Hospital just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for large bowel surgery (colectomy) in 2024–25: 24 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Large bowel surgery (colectomy) near Herston", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/colectomy-anterior-resection-large-bowel-resection/near/herston/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/colectomy-anterior-resection-large-bowel-resection/near/herston/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
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