Muscle or tendon length - change of waiting time at The Prince Charles Hospital
The median wait for muscle or tendon length - change of at this public hospital in the Chermside West area of Queensland was 51 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
- 51 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 7 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 69 days in 2019–20 to 51 days in 2024–25 — down 26% — while the national median rose from 75 days to 89 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Prince Charles Hospital | 51 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 38 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 89 days | 9.3% | 215 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 89 days | 11.8% | 439 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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
- The Prince Charles Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Prince Charles Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 81 | 69 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 75 | 75 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 80 | 77 |
| 2019–20 | 69 | 85 | 75 |
| 2020–21 | 60 | 87 | 88 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 92 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 76 | 87 | 92 |
| 2023–24 | 68 | 91 | 103 |
| 2024–25 | 51 | 89 | 89 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Prince Charles Hospital · Muscle or tendon length - change of across Australia · Muscle or tendon length - change of in Queensland