Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at Toowoomba Hospital
The median wait for shoulder joint replacement at this public hospital in the South Toowoomba area of Queensland was 117 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
- 117 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 24 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 89 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 219 days in 2016–17 to 117 days in 2024–25 — down 47% — while the national median rose from 147 days to 174 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mater Adult Hospital, about 107 km away, at 105 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toowoomba Hospital | 117 days | not published | 24 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 123 days | 17.0% | 352 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 174 days | 20.4% | 2417 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
- Toowoomba Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Toowoomba Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 219 | 99 | 147 |
| 2017–18 | 327 | 96 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | 177 | 145 | 163 |
| 2019–20 | 349 | 155 | 154 |
| 2020–21 | 351 | 264 | 246 |
| 2021–22 | 40 | 185 | 218 |
| 2022–23 | 68 | 169 | 254 |
| 2023–24 | 89 | 138 | 192 |
| 2024–25 | 117 | 123 | 174 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for orthopaedic surgery
These are not figures for shoulder joint replacement. 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 Toowoomba.
- Patients treated
- 259 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 84.9%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 785 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 22 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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