Surgery Waits

Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection waiting time at Joondalup Health Campus (Public)

The median wait for colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection at this public hospital in the Joondalup area of Western Australia was 15 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
15 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
41 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 19 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 9 days in 2016–17 to 15 days in 2024–25 — up 67% — while the national median rose from 17 days to 18 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St John of God Midland Public Hospital, about 28 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
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)15 daysnot published41 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)18 days0.6%616 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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection by financial year at Joondalup Health Campus (Public), compared with Western Australia and Australiadays061319252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Joondalup Health Campus (Public) 15WA 18Australia 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 periodJoondalup Health Campus (Public) (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–1791517
2017–18151717
2018–19152118
2019–20101717
2020–21not published1818
2021–22101717
2022–23152018
2023–24152019
2024–25151818

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

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