Surgery Waits

Large bowel surgery (colectomy) waiting times in Western Australia

The median wait for large bowel surgery (colectomy) in Western Australia public hospitals was 18 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.

13 public hospitals in Western Australia 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.

6 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 Western Australia 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 Bunbury Hospital 13 days not published 47 surgeries
2 St John of God Midland Public Hospital 14 days 2.9% 68 surgeries
3 Joondalup Health Campus (Public) 15 days not published 41 surgeries
4 Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus 16 days 0.6% 164 surgeries
5 Fiona Stanley Hospital 22 days 0.7% 150 surgeries
6 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 23 days 0.0% 98 surgeries
7 Albany Hospital 24 days not published 33 surgeries
unranked Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Fremantle Hospital and Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Kalgoorlie Health Campus not published not published not published
unranked Osborne Park Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Perth Children's Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Rockingham General Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Western Australia: near the Perth CBD.

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The median wait for large bowel surgery (colectomy) in Western Australia public hospitals was 18 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

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