Surgery Waits

Nephrectomy waiting time at Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital

The median wait for nephrectomy at this public hospital in the Robertson area of Queensland was 32 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
32 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
47 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 57 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 15 days in 2016–17 to 32 days in 2024–25 — up 113% — while the national median rose from 26 days to 30 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 7 km away, at 26 days.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Nephrectomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Nephrectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital32 daysnot published47 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)36 days0.8%746 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)30 days0.2%593 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)30 days0.6%2721 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 30 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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 nephrectomy by financial year at Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays0102030402016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital 32QLD 30Australia 30
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Nephrectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodQueen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17152526
2017–18202727
2018–19222828
2019–20272928
2020–21253029
2021–22262828
2022–23273030
2023–24253132
2024–25323030

Queensland's quarterly figures for urology

These are not figures for nephrectomy. 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 Queen Elizabeth II.

Patients treated
501 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time
54.3%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter
545 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended
69 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

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

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