Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection waiting time at Mackay Base Hospital
The median wait for colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection at this public hospital in the West Mackay area of Queensland was 29 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
- 29 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 27 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 84 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 23 days in 2016–17 to 29 days in 2024–25 — up 26% — while the national median rose from 17 days to 18 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Townsville University Hospital, about 322 km away, at 16 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mackay Base Hospital | 29 days | not published | 27 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 22 days | 0.4% | 925 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 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Mackay Base Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Mackay Base Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 23 | 18 | 17 |
| 2017–18 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
| 2018–19 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
| 2019–20 | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 18 | 21 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 15 | 19 | 17 |
| 2022–23 | 26 | 20 | 18 |
| 2023–24 | 27 | 20 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 29 | 22 | 18 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for general surgery
These are not figures for colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection. Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.
Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.
Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Mackay.
- Patients treated
- 319 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 58.9%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 430 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 129 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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