Atherton Hospital surgery waiting times
In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Atherton area of Queensland published median waits from 28 days for skin lesion removal to 71 days for hernia repair.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Atherton Hospital is a public hospital in the Atherton area of Queensland. It is part of Cairns and Hinterland. It reported 12 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 15 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
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Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skin lesion - excision of | 28 days | 82 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 70 days | 35 surgeries | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | 71 days | 29 surgeries | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Cone biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Female sterilisation | not published | not published | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | not published | not published | not published |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | not published | not published | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Circumcision last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cystoscopy last reported 2013–14 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ganglion - excision of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hydrocele - repair of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Orchidectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pyogenic granuloma - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Scar revision last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Trigger finger/thumb release last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2013–14 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose. What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 13 days | 98% | 55 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 48 days | 98% | 95 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 90 days | 98% | 105 surgeries |
Queensland's own quarterly figures
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.
These figures count patients, not surgeries, and they are a snapshot of one quarter. The table above covers a whole financial year. Comparing a number from one table with a number from the other does not tell you anything.
Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Atherton.
| Group | Patients treated | Treated within the recommended time | Still waiting at the end of the quarter | Waiting longer than recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All planned surgery at this hospital | 64 patients | 96.9% | 85 patients | 2 patients |
| Category 1 — urgent (recommended within 30 days) | 17 patients | 100.0% | 4 patients | 0 patients |
| Category 2 — semi-urgent (recommended within 90 days) | 25 patients | 92.0% | 28 patients | 1 patient |
| Category 3 — non-urgent (recommended within 365 days) | 22 patients | 100.0% | 53 patients | 1 patient |
By surgical specialty
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.
| Group | Patients treated | Treated within the recommended time | Still waiting at the end of the quarter | Waiting longer than recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 38 patients | 100.0% | 54 patients | 1 patient |
| Gynaecology | 18 patients | 88.9% | 26 patients | 1 patient |
| Other surgery | 8 patients | 100.0% | 5 patients | 0 patients |
Cite this page
In 2024–25, Atherton Hospital published median planned-surgery waits from 28 days for skin lesion removal to 71 days for hernia repair.
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SurgeryWaits, "Atherton Hospital surgery wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/atherton-hospital/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: SurgeryWaits (https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/atherton-hospital/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.