Surgery Waits

Joint fusion surgery waiting time at Ipswich Hospital

Half of patients at Ipswich Hospital waited 218 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 Ipswich 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
218 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
20 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 33 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 57 days in 2016–17 to 218 days in 2024–25 — up 282% — while the national median rose from 101 days to 158 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 30 km away, at 82 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthrodesis, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Ipswich Hospital218 daysnot published20 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)132 days19.9%562 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)158 days19.3%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.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for arthrodesis by financial year at Ipswich Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Ipswich Hospital 218QLD 132Australia 158
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Median wait in days for Arthrodesis, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodIpswich Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–175778101
2017–189193105
2018–19348126111
2019–20341109107
2020–21342139182
2021–22354128185
2022–23321162203
2023–24299151171
2024–25218132158

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

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