Tongue-tie or lip-tie surgery waiting time at Gold Coast University Hospital
Half of patients at Gold Coast University Hospital waited 329 days or less for tongue-tie or lip-tie surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery". 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
- 329 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 18 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 255 days in 2016–17 to 329 days in 2024–25 — up 29% — while the national median fell from 61 days to 50 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Queensland Children's Hospital, about 63 km away, at 52 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast University Hospital | 329 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 134 days | 16.6% | 151 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 71 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 50 days | 6.0% | 496 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 50 days marks the national median.
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 63 km away: 52 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 575 km away: 388 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 688 km away: 208 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 693 km away: 61 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 723 km away: 91 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 979 km away: 352 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 | 255 | 179 | 61 |
| 2017–18 | 325 | not published | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 205 | not published | 50 |
| 2019–20 | 163 | not published | 50 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 70 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 76 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 63 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 64 |
| 2024–25 | 329 | not published | 50 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Gold Coast University Hospital · Tongue-tie or lip-tie surgery across Australia · Tongue-tie or lip-tie surgery in Queensland · All surgery waits in Queensland