Caboolture Hospital surgery waiting times
In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Caboolture area of Queensland published median waits from 19 days for breast lump removal to 106 days for hernia repair.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Caboolture Hospital is a public hospital in the Caboolture area of Queensland. It is part of Metro North. It reported 30 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | 19 days | 111 surgeries | 0.9% |
| Mastectomy | 21 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 21 days | 214 surgeries | 0.5% |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | 22 days | 218 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection | 25 days | 32 surgeries | not published |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | 27 days | 52 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy | 29 days | 21 surgeries | not published |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | 34 days | 38 surgeries | not published |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 50 days | 180 surgeries | 0.6% |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 65 days | 104 surgeries | 1.9% |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 66 days | 188 surgeries | 0.5% |
| Female sterilisation | 70 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | 80 days | 53 surgeries | 1.9% |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 85 days | 31 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 101 days | 169 surgeries | 4.7% |
| Herniorrhaphy | 106 days | 126 surgeries | 8.7% |
| Adenoidectomy | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Anal fissure - repair of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast prosthesis - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | not published | not published | not published |
| Cone biopsy | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Cystoscopy | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Dialysis access surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Fundoplication | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Orchidopexy | not published | not published | not published |
| Parathyroidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Axillary node dissection last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast reconstruction last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Circumcision last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Endometrial ablation last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ganglion - excision of last reported 2023–24 | 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 |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myomectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myringotomy last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Orchidectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Scar revision last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Stress incontinence surgery last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Thyroglossal remnant - removal of last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Turbinectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2020–21 | 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 | 21 days | 92% | 836 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 71 days | 71% | 1035 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 340 days | 75% | 153 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 Caboolture.
| 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 | 513 patients | 87.9% | 573 patients | 15 patients |
| Category 1 — urgent (recommended within 30 days) | 213 patients | 93.0% | 63 patients | 3 patients |
| Category 2 — semi-urgent (recommended within 90 days) | 262 patients | 84.4% | 265 patients | 9 patients |
| Category 3 — non-urgent (recommended within 365 days) | 38 patients | 84.2% | 245 patients | 3 patients |
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 | 268 patients | 86.2% | 287 patients | 12 patients |
| Gynaecology | 244 patients | 90.2% | 286 patients | 3 patients |
| Other surgery | 1 patient | 0.0% | 0 patients | 0 patients |
Cite this page
In 2024–25, Caboolture Hospital published median planned-surgery waits from 19 days for breast lump removal to 106 days for hernia repair.
Copy-ready citation
SurgeryWaits, "Caboolture Hospital surgery wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/caboolture-hospital/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: SurgeryWaits (https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/caboolture-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.