Dialysis access surgery waiting time at Queensland Children's Hospital
The median wait for dialysis access surgery at this public hospital in the South Brisbane area of Queensland was 15 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
- 15 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 142 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 75 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 31 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 8 days in 2016–17 to 15 days in 2024–25 — up 88% — while the national median rose from 12 days to 15 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mater Adult Hospital, about 0 km away, at 14 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.3%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Dialysis access surgery" 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Children's Hospital | 15 days | 0.0% | 142 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 10 days | 0.3% | 1797 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.4% | 1114 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 15 days | 0.3% | 5765 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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
- Queensland Children's Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Queensland Children's Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 8 | 16 | 12 |
| 2017–18 | 24 | 18 | 13 |
| 2018–19 | 15 | 18 | 14 |
| 2019–20 | 20 | 20 | 14 |
| 2020–21 | 16 | 18 | 13 |
| 2021–22 | 18 | 17 | 13 |
| 2022–23 | 28 | 20 | 15 |
| 2023–24 | 17 | 20 | 16 |
| 2024–25 | 15 | 20 | 15 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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