Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection waiting time at Lyell McEwin Hospital
The median wait for colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection at this public hospital in the Elizabeth Vale area of South Australia was 17 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
- 17 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 145 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.7%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 32 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 21 days in 2016–17 to 17 days in 2024–25 — down 19% — while the national median rose from 17 days to 18 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, about 19 km away, at 14 days. Here, 0.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyell McEwin Hospital | 17 days | 0.7% | 145 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 17 days | 0.9% | 470 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 18 days | 1.0% | 5575 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Lyell McEwin Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Lyell McEwin Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 21 | 18 | 17 |
| 2017–18 | 19 | 17 | 17 |
| 2018–19 | 15 | 17 | 18 |
| 2019–20 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 17 | 19 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 15 | 17 | 17 |
| 2022–23 | 15 | 19 | 18 |
| 2023–24 | 17 | 20 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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