Turbinate surgery (inside the nose) waiting time at Gold Coast University Hospital
Half of patients at Gold Coast University Hospital waited 332 days or less for turbinate surgery (inside the nose) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Turbinectomy". 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
- 332 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 23 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 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 15 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 305 days in 2016–17 to 332 days in 2024–25 — up 9% — while the national median rose from 100 days to 269 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Queensland Children's Hospital, about 63 km away, at 325 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast University Hospital | 332 days | not published | 23 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 319 days | 9.6% | 156 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 269 days | 23.6% | 932 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 269 days marks the national median.
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 63 km away: 325 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 67 km away: 355 days
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 72 km away: 111 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 137 km away: 207 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
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 | 305 | 198 | 100 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 253 | 172 |
| 2018–19 | 352 | 254 | 140 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 168 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 219 | 274 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 318 | 266 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 395 | 313 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 309 | 286 |
| 2024–25 | 332 | 319 | 269 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for ENT surgery
These are not figures for turbinectomy. 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
- 373 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 99.7%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 918 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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