Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

The median wait for colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection at this public hospital in the Lalor area of Victoria was 19 days in 2024–25.

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: 88 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 38 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 16 days in 2016–17 to 19 days in 2024–25 — up 19% — while the national median rose from 17 days to 18 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 12 km away, at 10 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.0%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
The Northern Hospital [Epping]	19 days	0.0%	88 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.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away84 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 12 km away10 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 17 km away20 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 17 km away13 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 17 km away16 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 19 km away11 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 20 km away17 days
The AlfredVIC · about 22 km away15 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	16	17	17
2017–18	14	18	17
2018–19	18	16	18
2019–20	18	16	17
2020–21	19	16	18
2021–22	20	15	17
2022–23	21	15	18
2023–24	16	15	19
2024–25	19	15	18

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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