Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service surgery waiting times
In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Herston area of Queensland published median waits from 2 days for muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy to 363 days for rhinoplasty.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service is a public hospital in the Herston area of Queensland. It is part of Metro North. It reported 93 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 15 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick a surgery and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy | 2 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| Fracture non-union - treatment of | 5 days | 23 surgeries | not published |
| Orchidectomy | 9 days | 16 surgeries | not published |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | 20 days | 118 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Mastectomy | 22 days | 32 surgeries | not published |
| Meniscectomy | 33 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 35 days | 399 surgeries | 3.0% |
| Prostate biopsy | 38 days | 78 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Trabeculectomy | 38 days | 20 surgeries | not published |
| Cystoscopy | 40 days | 680 surgeries | 0.1% |
| Parathyroidectomy | 40 days | 20 surgeries | not published |
| Trigger finger/thumb release | 59 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy | 63 days | 56 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 65 days | 25 surgeries | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 66 days | 2200 surgeries | 0.2% |
| Common peroneal nerve release | 66 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | 72 days | 74 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 74 days | 261 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Breast prosthesis - removal of | 77 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | 77 days | 150 surgeries | 2.0% |
| Shoulder reconstruction | 78 days | 53 surgeries | 3.8% |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 79 days | 194 surgeries | 4.6% |
| Arthroscopy | 80 days | 147 surgeries | 2.7% |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | 81 days | 193 surgeries | 1.6% |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | 82 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | 84 days | 79 surgeries | 6.3% |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of | 84 days | 47 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 90 days | 195 surgeries | 7.7% |
| Ganglion - excision of | 91 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| Mastoidectomy | 91 days | 19 surgeries | not published |
| Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) | 91 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction | 92 days | 117 surgeries | 1.7% |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 92 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Ectropion - correction of | 95 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| Corneal graft | 96 days | 37 surgeries | not published |
| Fundoplication | 96 days | 30 surgeries | not published |
| Female sterilisation | 100 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| Dacryocystorhinostomy | 102 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | 111 days | 117 surgeries | 5.1% |
| Scar revision | 126 days | 21 surgeries | not published |
| Circumcision | 130 days | 32 surgeries | not published |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of | 132 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Osteotomy | 151 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| Hydrocele - repair of | 168 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Total hip replacement | 210 days | 38 surgeries | not published |
| Arthrodesis | 217 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| Exostosis - excision of | 217 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Pterygium - excision of | 218 days | 127 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Dupytren's contracture release | 224 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Rotator cuff - repair of | 251 days | 19 surgeries | not published |
| Varicose veins treatment | 261 days | 89 surgeries | 1.1% |
| Total knee replacement | 283 days | 47 surgeries | not published |
| Breast reduction | 331 days | 21 surgeries | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | 332 days | 34 surgeries | not published |
| Septoplasty | 337 days | 103 surgeries | 6.8% |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 339 days | 170 surgeries | 6.5% |
| Turbinectomy | 355 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Rhinoplasty | 363 days | 28 surgeries | not published |
| Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Anal fissure - repair of | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Arthroplasty - revision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage | not published | not published | not published |
| Bartholin's cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Bladder neck incision | not published | not published | not published |
| Blepharoplasty | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Branchial apparatus remnant - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast reconstruction | not published | not published | not published |
| Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection | not published | not published | not published |
| Cone biopsy | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Dialysis access surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Diathermy of wart/s | not published | not published | not published |
| Examination of eye under anaesthesia | not published | not published | not published |
| Functional endoscopic sinus surgery | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Lithotripsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Meatoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Myringotomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) | not published | not published | not published |
| Nasal polypectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Nasendoscopy | not published | not published | not published |
| Nerve decompression | not published | not published | not published |
| Orchidopexy | not published | not published | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Ptosis - repair of | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Shoulder joint replacement | not published | not published | not published |
| Stapedectomy | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Stone/s urinary tract - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Tendon release | not published | not published | not published |
| Thyroglossal remnant - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of | not published | not published | not published |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior | not published | not published | not published |
| Adenoidectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cranioplasty last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Craniotomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ethmoidectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hypospadias - repair of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Lymphangioma - surgery for last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Muscle or tendon length - change of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myomectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pharynx - excision of last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pyogenic granuloma - removal of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Stress incontinence surgery last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Sub-mucosal resection last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Urethra - dilatation of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose. What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 23 days | 69% | 1842 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 60 days | 83% | 4088 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 231 days | 92% | 3312 surgeries |
Queensland's own quarterly figures
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.
These figures count patients, not surgeries, and they are a snapshot of one quarter. The table above covers a whole financial year. Comparing a number from one table with a number from the other does not tell you anything.
Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Surgical Treatment and Rehabltn Service.
| Group | Patients treated | Treated within the recommended time | Still waiting at the end of the quarter | Waiting longer than recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All planned surgery at this hospital | 2749 patients | 90.0% | 4062 patients | 60 patients |
| Category 1 — urgent (recommended within 30 days) | 396 patients | 80.3% | 86 patients | 9 patients |
| Category 2 — semi-urgent (recommended within 90 days) | 1208 patients | 88.0% | 970 patients | 34 patients |
| Category 3 — non-urgent (recommended within 365 days) | 1145 patients | 95.4% | 3006 patients | 17 patients |
By surgical specialty
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.
| Group | Patients treated | Treated within the recommended time | Still waiting at the end of the quarter | Waiting longer than recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENT surgery | 198 patients | 89.4% | 719 patients | 10 patients |
| General surgery | 400 patients | 83.0% | 621 patients | 10 patients |
| Gynaecology | 187 patients | 89.8% | 329 patients | 0 patients |
| Ophthalmology | 1063 patients | 97.5% | 981 patients | 6 patients |
| Orthopaedic surgery | 293 patients | 86.0% | 548 patients | 15 patients |
| Plastic & reconstructive surgery | 225 patients | 75.1% | 445 patients | 15 patients |
| Urology | 369 patients | 89.7% | 328 patients | 3 patients |
| Vascular surgery | 14 patients | 57.1% | 91 patients | 1 patient |
Cite this page
In 2024–25, Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service published median planned-surgery waits from 2 days for muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy to 363 days for rhinoplasty.
Copy-ready citation
Surgery Waits, "Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/surgical-treatment-and-rehabilitation-service/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/surgical-treatment-and-rehabilitation-service/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.