Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection waiting times in New South Wales

Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by their median wait for colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

45 public hospitals in New South Wales reported colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection in 2024–25. The state median was 20 days; the national median was 18 days.

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10 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 18 days marks the national median.

Griffith Base Hospital5 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital9 days
Royal North Shore Hospital12 days
Northern Beaches Hospital13 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital14 days
Prince of Wales Hospital14 days
John Hunter Hospital15 days
St George Hospital NSW15 days
Wyong Hospital15 days
Tweed Valley Hospital16 days
Wollongong Hospital17 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital18 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]18 days
Dubbo Hospital19 days
Sutherland Hospital19 days
Calvary Mater Newcastle20 days
Lismore Base Hospital20 days
Westmead Hospital20 days
Gosford Hospital21 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital21 days
Ryde Hospital21 days
Maitland Hospital22 days
Orange Health Service22 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital22 days
Manning Hospital23 days
Bathurst Base Hospital24 days
Hawkesbury Hospital24 days
Campbelltown Hospital25 days
Blacktown Hospital26 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital26 days
Liverpool Hospital26 days
Nepean Hospital26 days
Shoalhaven Hospital26 days
Tamworth Hospital26 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital46 days
Armidale Hospitalnot published
Auburn Hospitalnot published
Bowral Hospitalnot published
Canterbury Hospitalnot published
Fairfield Hospitalnot published
Goulburn Base Hospitalnot published
Grafton Base Hospitalnot published
Moruya Hospitalnot published
South East Regional Hospitalnot published
The Children's Hospital at Westmeadnot published

Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Griffith Base Hospital	5 days	not published	10 surgeries
2	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	9 days	not published	48 surgeries
3	Royal North Shore Hospital	12 days	0.0%	53 surgeries
4	Northern Beaches Hospital	13 days	not published	21 surgeries
5	Concord Repatriation Hospital	14 days	0.0%	119 surgeries
5	Prince of Wales Hospital	14 days	not published	27 surgeries
7	John Hunter Hospital	15 days	1.3%	78 surgeries
7	St George Hospital NSW	15 days	0.0%	75 surgeries
7	Wyong Hospital	15 days	not published	37 surgeries
10	Tweed Valley Hospital	16 days	not published	31 surgeries
11	Wollongong Hospital	17 days	0.0%	97 surgeries
12	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital	18 days	1.0%	97 surgeries
12	St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]	18 days	not published	22 surgeries
14	Dubbo Hospital	19 days	1.2%	85 surgeries
14	Sutherland Hospital	19 days	not published	23 surgeries
16	Calvary Mater Newcastle	20 days	not published	32 surgeries
16	Lismore Base Hospital	20 days	not published	37 surgeries
16	Westmead Hospital	20 days	0.0%	75 surgeries
19	Gosford Hospital	21 days	8.8%	68 surgeries
19	Port Macquarie Base Hospital	21 days	not published	17 surgeries
19	Ryde Hospital	21 days	not published	19 surgeries
22	Maitland Hospital	22 days	not published	32 surgeries
22	Orange Health Service	22 days	not published	41 surgeries
22	Wagga Wagga Hospital	22 days	not published	29 surgeries
25	Manning Hospital	23 days	not published	21 surgeries
26	Bathurst Base Hospital	24 days	not published	24 surgeries
26	Hawkesbury Hospital	24 days	not published	26 surgeries
28	Campbelltown Hospital	25 days	0.0%	71 surgeries
29	Blacktown Hospital	26 days	0.0%	81 surgeries
29	Coffs Harbour Hospital	26 days	not published	34 surgeries
29	Liverpool Hospital	26 days	0.0%	112 surgeries
29	Nepean Hospital	26 days	5.4%	111 surgeries
29	Shoalhaven Hospital	26 days	not published	33 surgeries
29	Tamworth Hospital	26 days	not published	48 surgeries
35	Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital	46 days	not published	16 surgeries
unranked	Armidale Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Auburn Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Bowral Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Canterbury Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	Fairfield Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Goulburn Base Hospital	not published	not published	7 surgeries
unranked	Grafton Base Hospital	not published	not published	7 surgeries
unranked	Moruya Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	South East Regional Hospital	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	The Children's Hospital at Westmead	not published	not published	not published

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in New South Wales.