Joint fusion surgery waiting time at Gladstone Hospital
Half of patients at Gladstone Hospital waited 279 days or less for joint fusion surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthrodesis". This public hospital is in the West Gladstone area of Queensland.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 279 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 51 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 39 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Nambour General Hospital, about 353 km away, at 116 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthrodesis" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladstone Hospital | 279 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 132 days | 19.9% | 562 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 158 days | 19.3% | 1563 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 158 days marks the national median.
Rockhampton Hospital, QLD · about 93 km away: 281 days
Nambour General Hospital, QLD · about 353 km away: 116 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 373 km away: 104 days
Redcliffe Hospital, QLD · about 419 km away: 84 days
Toowoomba Hospital, QLD · about 419 km away: 428 days
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD · about 432 km away: 84 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 438 km away: 227 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 438 km away: 217 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Gladstone Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Gladstone Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 78 | 101 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 93 | 105 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 126 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 109 | 107 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 139 | 182 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 128 | 185 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 162 | 203 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 151 | 171 |
| 2024–25 | 279 | 132 | 158 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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