Emerald Hospital surgery waiting times
In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Emerald area of Queensland published median waits from 20 days for skin lesion removal to 84 days for gallbladder removal.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Emerald Hospital is a public hospital in the Emerald area of Queensland. It is part of Central Queensland. It reported 17 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 22 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 | 20 days | 36 surgeries | not published |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 41 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 71 days | 21 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 84 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage | not published | not published | not published |
| Blepharoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Dialysis access surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Female sterilisation | not published | not published | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | not published | not published | not published |
| Hydrocele - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | not published | not published | not published |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior | not published | not published | not published |
| Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bartholin's cyst - removal of last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Carpal tunnel release last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Circumcision last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cone biopsy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cystoscopy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dupytren's contracture release last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Endometrial ablation last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ganglion - excision of last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Mastectomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Muscle or tendon length - change of last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Orchidopexy last reported 2017–18 | 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 |
| Pterygium - excision of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Toenail surgery last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) last reported 2021–22 | 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 | 20 days | 76% | 58 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 59 days | 81% | 67 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 77 days | 91% | 33 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 Emerald.
| 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 | 69 patients | 65.2% | 51 patients | 10 patients |
| Category 1 — urgent (recommended within 30 days) | 19 patients | 68.4% | 10 patients | 3 patients |
| Category 2 — semi-urgent (recommended within 90 days) | 38 patients | 52.6% | 26 patients | 7 patients |
| Category 3 — non-urgent (recommended within 365 days) | 12 patients | 100.0% | 15 patients | 0 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 | 34 patients | 79.4% | 27 patients | 4 patients |
| Gynaecology | 15 patients | 60.0% | 13 patients | 3 patients |
| Ophthalmology | 20 patients | 45.0% | 11 patients | 3 patients |
Cite this page
In 2024–25, Emerald Hospital published median planned-surgery waits from 20 days for skin lesion removal to 84 days for gallbladder removal.
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SurgeryWaits, "Emerald Hospital surgery wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/emerald-hospital/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: SurgeryWaits (https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/emerald-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.