Surgery Waits

Droopy eyelid repair waiting time at Gold Coast University Hospital

Half of patients at Gold Coast University Hospital waited 98 days or less for droopy eyelid repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Ptosis - repair of". 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
98 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
15 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 30 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 306 days in 2016–17 to 98 days in 2024–25 — down 68% — while the national median rose from 141 days to 238 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Redland Hospital, about 48 km away, at 68 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Ptosis - repair of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Gold Coast University Hospital98 daysnot published15 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)213 days14.5%186 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)238 days25.4%781 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 238 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for ptosis - repair of by financial year at Gold Coast University Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Gold Coast University Hospital 98QLD 213Australia 238
View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Ptosis - repair of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodGold Coast University Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–1730688141
2017–18330122175
2018–19247128181
2019–20not published163245
2020–21311241303
2021–22133164263
2022–23149241251
2023–24307218240
2024–2598213238

Queensland's quarterly figures for ophthalmology

These are not figures for ptosis - repair of. 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
393 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time
99.0%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter
871 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended
1 patientJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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