Keyhole joint surgery waiting time at Nambour General Hospital
Half of patients at Nambour General Hospital waited 111 days or less for keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthroscopy". This public hospital is in the Nambour 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
- 111 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 67 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 13.4%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 107 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 55 days in 2016–17 to 111 days in 2024–25 — up 102% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sunshine Coast University Hospital, about 21 km away, at 90 days. Here, 13.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.1%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthroscopy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nambour General Hospital | 111 days | 13.4% | 67 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 79 days | 7.7% | 1582 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 7.1% | 8779 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 21 km away: 90 days
Redcliffe Hospital, QLD · about 69 km away: 48 days
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD · about 86 km away: 79 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 92 km away: 223 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 92 km away: 80 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 96 km away: 64 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 96 km away: 59 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 98 km away: 105 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Nambour General Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Nambour General Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 55 | 64 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | 72 | 76 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | 54 | 79 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 77 | 78 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 238 | 79 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | 86 | 69 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 93 | 85 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 107 | 82 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 111 | 79 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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