Brain surgery through the skull (craniotomy) waiting time at Gold Coast University Hospital
Half of patients at Gold Coast University Hospital waited 86 days or less for brain surgery through the skull (craniotomy) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Craniotomy". This public hospital is in the Parkwood 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
- 86 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 6 days in 2016–17 to 86 days in 2024–25 — up 1333% — while the national median rose from 14 days to 20 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 61 km away, at 57 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Craniotomy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast University Hospital | 86 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 15 days | 1.0% | 485 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 70 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.9% | 1392 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 20 days marks the national median.
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 61 km away: 57 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 63 km away: 8 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 67 km away: 54 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 575 km away: 36 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 685 km away: 126 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 688 km away: 8 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 689 km away: 12 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 689 km away: 10 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Gold Coast University Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Gold Coast University Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 6 | 10 | 14 |
| 2017–18 | 23 | 21 | 17 |
| 2018–19 | 26 | not published | 19 |
| 2019–20 | 83 | 13 | 14 |
| 2020–21 | 54 | 13 | 15 |
| 2021–22 | 22 | 20 | 14 |
| 2022–23 | 29 | 21 | 18 |
| 2023–24 | 174 | not published | 22 |
| 2024–25 | 86 | not published | 20 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for neurosurgery
These are not figures for craniotomy. 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.
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.
Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Gold Coast University.
- Patients treated
- 70 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 97.1%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 117 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 0 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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