Surgery Waits

Scar revision waiting time at Mater Adult Hospital

The median wait for scar revision at this public hospital in the Dutton Park area of Queensland was 76 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
76 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
19 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 29 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 54 days in 2016–17 to 76 days in 2024–25 — up 41% — while the national median rose from 65 days to 83 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sunshine Coast University Hospital, about 83 km away, at 23 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Scar revision, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Mater Adult Hospital76 daysnot published19 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)62 days5.3%340 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)83 days9.5%1239 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 83 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 scar revision by financial year at Mater Adult Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Mater Adult Hospital 76QLD 62Australia 83
  • Mater Adult Hospital
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Scar revision, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodMater Adult Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17546565
2017–18636967
2018–19986473
2019–201158383
2020–21617584
2021–22119101121
2022–23327150133
2023–24208106103
2024–25766283

Queensland's quarterly figures for plastic & reconstructive surgery

These are not figures for scar revision. 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 Mater Adult.

Patients treated
448 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time
91.3%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter
528 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended
22 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

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

All surgery at Mater Adult Hospital · Scar revision across Australia · Scar revision in Queensland