Surgery Waits

Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital

The median wait for colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection at this public hospital in the Turvey Park area of New South Wales was 22 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
22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
29 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 56 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 21 days in 2016–17 to 22 days in 2024–25 — up 5% — while the national median rose from 17 days to 18 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], about 121 km away, at 14 days.

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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
Wagga Wagga Hospital22 daysnot published29 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)20 days1.0%1797 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)15 days1.4%1728 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)18 days1.0%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.

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

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection by financial year at Wagga Wagga Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays061319252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Wagga Wagga Hospital 22NSW 20Australia 18
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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 periodWagga Wagga Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17211817
2017–18131617
2018–19211918
2019–20221617
2020–21221918
2021–22181717
2022–23212018
2023–24212019
2024–25222018

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

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