Surgery Waits

Category 2 (semi-urgent) waiting times in Queensland

Of the 46 public hospitals that published a figure for 2024–25, the share treated on time ranged from 100% at Goondiwindi Hospital down to 35% at Rockhampton Hospital.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

Category 2 (semi-urgent) means surgery is recommended within 90 days of being placed on the waiting list. Surgery for a condition causing pain, dysfunction or disability, but unlikely to deteriorate quickly. The table ranks Queensland's public hospitals by the share of semi-urgent patients treated within that time in 2024–25.

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures.

Category 2 (semi-urgent) planned surgery at Queensland public hospitals, 2024–25, ranked by the share treated within the recommended time — highest first. Hospitals with the same figure share a rank; a hospital with no published figure is listed unranked. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Treated on time Median wait Surgeries
1 Goondiwindi Hospital 100% 53 days 14 surgeries
1 Mater Mothers' Hospital 100% 40 days 608 surgeries
1 Thursday Island Hospital 100% 1 day 31 surgeries
1 Weipa Hospital 100% 1 day 23 surgeries
5 Atherton Hospital 98% 48 days 95 surgeries
6 Kingaroy Hospital 97% 50 days 203 surgeries
6 Warwick Hospital 97% 20 days 152 surgeries
8 St George Hospital Qld 96% 40 days 22 surgeries
9 Beaudesert Hospital 95% 28 days 87 surgeries
9 Bundaberg Base Hospital 95% 56 days 968 surgeries
9 Maryborough Hospital 95% 50 days 412 surgeries
12 Caloundra Hospital 94% 45 days 325 surgeries
12 Roma Hospital 94% 69 days 220 surgeries
14 Mount Isa Base Hospital 93% 31 days 197 surgeries
15 Longreach Hospital 92% 70 days 48 surgeries
16 Robina Hospital 90% 64 days 2923 surgeries
17 Innisfail Hospital 89% 71 days 71 surgeries
17 Mareeba Hospital 89% 64 days 18 surgeries
17 Redland Hospital 89% 49 days 1217 surgeries
17 Stanthorpe Hospital 89% 72 days 55 surgeries
21 Hervey Bay Hospital 87% 71 days 439 surgeries
21 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital 87% 64 days 2253 surgeries
21 The Prince Charles Hospital 87% 55 days 1777 surgeries
24 Gold Coast University Hospital 86% 72 days 4612 surgeries
25 Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service 83% 60 days 4088 surgeries
26 Emerald Hospital 81% 59 days 67 surgeries
26 Ipswich Hospital 81% 67 days 1549 surgeries
28 Charleville Hospital 79% 76 days 24 surgeries
28 Queensland Children's Hospital 79% 58 days 4705 surgeries
30 Redcliffe Hospital 78% 77 days 1229 surgeries
31 Nambour General Hospital 77% 67 days 1263 surgeries
32 Dalby Hospital 76% 58 days 107 surgeries
32 Mater Adult Hospital 76% 62 days 3415 surgeries
34 Toowoomba Hospital 74% 73 days 2325 surgeries
35 Gympie Hospital 73% 41 days 323 surgeries
35 Princess Alexandra Hospital 73% 61 days 3892 surgeries
37 Caboolture Hospital 71% 71 days 1035 surgeries
38 Sunshine Coast University Hospital 66% 76 days 2895 surgeries
39 Cairns Hospital 62% 83 days 2435 surgeries
39 Logan Hospital 62% 83 days 1804 surgeries
41 Townsville University Hospital 56% 83 days 3198 surgeries
42 Proserpine Hospital 51% 90 days 132 surgeries
43 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital 48% 92 days 3889 surgeries
44 Mackay Base Hospital 47% 94 days 899 surgeries
45 Gladstone Hospital 35% 120 days 447 surgeries
45 Rockhampton Hospital 35% 117 days 870 surgeries
unranked Ayr Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Cooktown Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Compare with every state's hospitals, see Queensland's waiting times by surgery, or start from what the urgency categories mean.