Gladstone Hospital surgery waiting times
In 2024–25, this public hospital in the West Gladstone area of Queensland published median waits from 25 days for mastectomy to 427 days for female sterilisation.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Gladstone Hospital is a public hospital in the West Gladstone area of Queensland. It is part of Central Queensland. It reported 39 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 23 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
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Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mastectomy | 25 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 27 days | 487 surgeries | 1.0% |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | 29 days | 19 surgeries | not published |
| Dialysis access surgery | 31 days | 22 surgeries | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | 55 days | 35 surgeries | not published |
| Circumcision | 62 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 82 days | 57 surgeries | 5.3% |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | 84 days | 21 surgeries | not published |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 104 days | 105 surgeries | 3.8% |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 121 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | 160 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 161 days | 43 surgeries | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 180 days | 21 surgeries | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | 183 days | 49 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | 186 days | 32 surgeries | not published |
| Arthrodesis | 279 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Female sterilisation | 427 days | 19 surgeries | not published |
| Amputation of limb | not published | not published | not published |
| Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Arthroscopy | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Breast prosthesis - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast reduction | not published | not published | not published |
| Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Common peroneal nerve release | not published | not published | not published |
| Cone biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | not published | not published | not published |
| Diathermy of wart/s | not published | not published | not published |
| Dupytren's contracture release | not published | not published | not published |
| Fracture non-union - treatment of | not published | not published | not published |
| Ganglion - excision of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of | not published | not published | not published |
| Muscle or tendon length - change of | not published | not published | not published |
| Osteotomy | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Tendon release | not published | not published | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Trigger finger/thumb release | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) | not published | not published | not published |
| Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Axillary node dissection last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bartholin's cyst - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cystoscopy last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Endometrial ablation last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Fundoplication last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hydrocele - repair of last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Lymphangioma - surgery for last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Meniscectomy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Orchidectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Parathyroidectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pyogenic granuloma - removal of last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Scar revision last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Total knee replacement last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose. What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 26 days | 92% | 660 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 120 days | 35% | 447 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 427 days | 33% | 153 surgeries |
Queensland's own quarterly figures
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.
These figures count patients, not surgeries, and they are a snapshot of one quarter. The table above covers a whole financial year. Comparing a number from one table with a number from the other does not tell you anything.
Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Gladstone.
| Group | Patients treated | Treated within the recommended time | Still waiting at the end of the quarter | Waiting longer than recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All planned surgery at this hospital | 323 patients | 63.8% | 615 patients | 248 patients |
| Category 1 — urgent (recommended within 30 days) | 173 patients | 90.8% | 49 patients | 2 patients |
| Category 2 — semi-urgent (recommended within 90 days) | 116 patients | 34.5% | 249 patients | 136 patients |
| Category 3 — non-urgent (recommended within 365 days) | 34 patients | 26.5% | 317 patients | 110 patients |
By surgical specialty
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.
| Group | Patients treated | Treated within the recommended time | Still waiting at the end of the quarter | Waiting longer than recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 202 patients | 73.8% | 401 patients | 200 patients |
| Gynaecology | 88 patients | 36.4% | 168 patients | 40 patients |
| Orthopaedic surgery | 33 patients | 75.8% | 46 patients | 8 patients |
Cite this page
In 2024–25, Gladstone Hospital published median planned-surgery waits from 25 days for mastectomy to 427 days for female sterilisation.
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Surgery Waits, "Gladstone Hospital surgery wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gladstone-hospital/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gladstone-hospital/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.