Mater Mothers' Hospital surgery waiting times
In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Dutton Park area of Queensland published median waits from 2 days for curettage and evacuation of uterus to 189 days for laparoscopy.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Mater Mothers' Hospital is a public hospital in the Dutton Park area of Queensland. It reported 13 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 38 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
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Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | 2 days | 72 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 26 days | 553 surgeries | 0.2% |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | 28 days | 92 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | 54 days | 69 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Myomectomy | 76 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 125 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | 189 days | 92 surgeries | 2.2% |
| Bartholin's cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | not published | not published | not published |
| Cone biopsy | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Female sterilisation | not published | not published | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior | not published | not published | not published |
| Arthrodesis last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Axillary node dissection last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast prosthesis - removal of last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast reconstruction last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast reduction last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cervical discectomy and fusion last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Circumcision last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cystoscopy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dialysis access surgery last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Discectomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ectropion - correction of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Endometrial ablation last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Exostosis - excision of last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Fracture non-union - treatment of last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Functional endoscopic sinus surgery last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Herniorrhaphy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nephrectomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Orchidectomy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Osteotomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pedicle screw fusion last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pyogenic granuloma - removal of last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Scar revision last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Septoplasty last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Stress incontinence surgery last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Total hip replacement last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Total knee replacement last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Trigger finger/thumb release last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose. What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 9 days | 99% | 345 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 40 days | 100% | 608 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 204 days | 97% | 382 surgeries |
Queensland's own quarterly figures
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.
These figures count patients, not surgeries, and they are a snapshot of one quarter. The table above covers a whole financial year. Comparing a number from one table with a number from the other does not tell you anything.
Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Mater Mothers'.
| Group | Patients treated | Treated within the recommended time | Still waiting at the end of the quarter | Waiting longer than recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All planned surgery at this hospital | 381 patients | 97.6% | 0 patients | 0 patients |
| Category 1 — urgent (recommended within 30 days) | 88 patients | 100.0% | 0 patients | 0 patients |
| Category 2 — semi-urgent (recommended within 90 days) | 180 patients | 99.4% | 0 patients | 0 patients |
| Category 3 — non-urgent (recommended within 365 days) | 113 patients | 92.9% | 0 patients | 0 patients |
By surgical specialty
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.
| Group | Patients treated | Treated within the recommended time | Still waiting at the end of the quarter | Waiting longer than recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gynaecology | 381 patients | 97.6% | 0 patients | 0 patients |
Cite this page
In 2024–25, Mater Mothers' Hospital published median planned-surgery waits from 2 days for curettage and evacuation of uterus to 189 days for laparoscopy.
Copy-ready citation
SurgeryWaits, "Mater Mothers' Hospital wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mater-mothers-hospital/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: SurgeryWaits (https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mater-mothers-hospital/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.