Surgery Waits

Large bowel surgery (colectomy) waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for large bowel surgery (colectomy) in Queensland public hospitals was 22 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 18 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

23 public hospitals in Queensland reported large bowel surgery (colectomy) in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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.

5 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 18 days marks the national median.

Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection in Queensland public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Cairns Hospital 14 days not published 44 surgeries
2 Townsville University Hospital 16 days not published 41 surgeries
3 Princess Alexandra Hospital 17 days 1.9% 54 surgeries
4 Sunshine Coast University Hospital 19 days 0.0% 80 surgeries
5 Gold Coast University Hospital 22 days 0.0% 130 surgeries
5 Ipswich Hospital 22 days not published 29 surgeries
7 Bundaberg Base Hospital 24 days not published 30 surgeries
7 Mater Adult Hospital 24 days not published 29 surgeries
7 Redcliffe Hospital 24 days not published 36 surgeries
7 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital 24 days 1.6% 64 surgeries
7 The Prince Charles Hospital 24 days not published 43 surgeries
7 Toowoomba Hospital 24 days not published 44 surgeries
13 Caboolture Hospital 25 days not published 32 surgeries
13 Logan Hospital 25 days 0.0% 92 surgeries
15 Hervey Bay Hospital 26 days not published 25 surgeries
15 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital 26 days 0.0% 82 surgeries
17 Mackay Base Hospital 29 days not published 27 surgeries
18 Rockhampton Hospital 30 days not published 25 surgeries
unranked Gladstone Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Mount Isa Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Nambour General Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Queensland Children's Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Queensland: near Herston · near Woolloongabba.

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The median wait for large bowel surgery (colectomy) in Queensland public hospitals was 22 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Large bowel surgery (colectomy) waiting times in QLD", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/colectomy-anterior-resection-large-bowel-resection/qld/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/colectomy-anterior-resection-large-bowel-resection/qld/), 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.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Queensland.