Breast prosthesis - removal of waiting time at Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
The median wait for breast prosthesis - removal of at this public hospital in the Herston area of Queensland was 103 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
- 103 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 20 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 22 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 89 days in 2016–17 to 103 days in 2024–25 — up 16% — while the national median rose from 59 days to 96 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, about 0 km away, at 77 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital | 103 days | not published | 20 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 85 days | 9.1% | 264 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 96 days | 14.5% | 708 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 89 | 60 | 59 |
| 2017–18 | 56 | 62 | 64 |
| 2018–19 | 74 | 75 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 88 | 83 | 81 |
| 2020–21 | 146 | 81 | 86 |
| 2021–22 | 90 | 86 | 101 |
| 2022–23 | 67 | 119 | 126 |
| 2023–24 | 53 | 91 | 111 |
| 2024–25 | 103 | 85 | 96 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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