Keyhole sinus surgery waiting time at Ipswich Hospital
Half of patients at Ipswich Hospital waited 87 days or less for keyhole sinus surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Functional endoscopic sinus surgery". 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
- 87 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 41 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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 128 days in 2016–17 to 87 days in 2024–25 — down 32% — while the national median rose from 111 days to 214 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gold Coast University Hospital, about 72 km away, at 81 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Functional endoscopic sinus surgery" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ipswich Hospital | 87 days | not published | 41 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 310 days | 19.6% | 922 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 81 days | 6.5% | 107 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 214 days | 22.7% | 2508 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 214 days marks the national median.
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 30 km away: 129 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 72 km away: 81 days
Tweed Valley Hospital, NSW · about 99 km away: 340 days
Murwillumbah District Hospital, NSW · about 100 km away: 111 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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
- Ipswich Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Ipswich Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 128 | 83 | 111 |
| 2017–18 | 23 | 85 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 33 | 76 | 139 |
| 2019–20 | 34 | 89 | 127 |
| 2020–21 | 70 | 89 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | 90 | 90 | 154 |
| 2022–23 | 83 | 117 | 292 |
| 2023–24 | 58 | not published | 274 |
| 2024–25 | 87 | 81 | 214 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for ENT surgery
These are not figures for functional endoscopic sinus surgery. 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 Ipswich.
- Patients treated
- 223 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 80.7%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 720 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 47 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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