Surgery Waits

Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery waiting time at Gold Coast University Hospital

The median wait for lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery at this public hospital in the Parkwood area of Queensland was 329 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
329 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
13 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 18 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 255 days in 2016–17 to 329 days in 2024–25 — up 29% — while the national median fell from 61 days to 50 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Queensland Children's Hospital, about 63 km away, at 52 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Gold Coast University Hospital329 daysnot published13 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)134 days16.6%151 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)not publishednot published71 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)50 days6.0%496 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 50 days marks the national median.

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.

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 lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery by financial year at Gold Coast University Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Gold Coast University Hospital 329QLD 179Australia 50
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodGold Coast University Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–1725517961
2017–18325not published56
2018–19205not published50
2019–20163not published50
2020–21not publishednot published70
2021–22not publishednot published76
2022–23not publishednot published63
2023–24not publishednot published64
2024–25329not published50

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

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