Surgery Waits

Parathyroidectomy waiting time at Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service

The median wait for parathyroidectomy at this public hospital in the Herston area of Queensland was 40 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
40 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 47 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 73 days in 2021–22 to 40 days in 2024–25 — down 45% — while the national median rose from 73 days to 82 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Tweed Valley Hospital, about 96 km away, at 31 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Parathyroidectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service40 daysnot published20 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)98 days7.5%451 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)70 days1.5%269 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)82 days4.0%1304 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 82 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 parathyroidectomy by financial year at Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, compared with Queensland and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service 40QLD 70Australia 82
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Parathyroidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSurgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this period6356
2017–18not reported for this period6363
2018–19not reported for this period6357
2019–20not reported for this period7563
2020–21not published7069
2021–22736973
2022–23688084
2023–24898587
2024–25407082

Queensland's quarterly figures for general surgery

These are not figures for parathyroidectomy. 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 Surgical Treatment and Rehabltn Service.

Patients treated
400 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time
83.0%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter
621 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended
10 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

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

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