Surgery Waits

Arthrodesis waiting time at The Prince Charles Hospital

The median wait for arthrodesis at this public hospital in the Chermside West area of Queensland was 84 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
84 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
58 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
1.7%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 51 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 65 days in 2016–17 to 84 days in 2024–25 — up 29% — while the national median rose from 101 days to 158 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mater Adult Hospital, about 11 km away, at 71 days. Here, 1.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 19.3%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthrodesis, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
The Prince Charles Hospital84 days1.7%58 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)132 days19.9%562 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)158 days19.3%1563 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 158 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for arthrodesis by financial year at The Prince Charles Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25The Prince Charles Hospital 84QLD 132Australia 158
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Arthrodesis, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodThe Prince Charles Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–176578101
2017–187893105
2018–19124126111
2019–20102109107
2020–21158139182
2021–22142128185
2022–23265162203
2023–24162151171
2024–2584132158

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

All surgery at The Prince Charles Hospital · Arthrodesis across Australia · Arthrodesis in Queensland