Surgery Waits

Arthroscopy waiting time at Princess Alexandra Hospital

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Dutton Park area of Queensland was 105 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
105 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
77 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
9.1%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 96 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 71 days in 2016–17 to 105 days in 2024–25 — up 48% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mater Adult Hospital, about 2 km away, at 59 days. Here, 9.1% 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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthroscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Princess Alexandra Hospital105 days9.1%77 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)79 days7.7%1582 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)78 days7.1%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.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for arthroscopy by financial year at Princess Alexandra Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays038751131502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Princess Alexandra Hospital 105QLD 79Australia 78
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Arthroscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodPrincess Alexandra Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17716468
2017–18727672
2018–19677975
2019–20857876
2020–21617989
2021–22596985
2022–23988586
2023–241308278
2024–251057978

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

All surgery at Princess Alexandra Hospital · Arthroscopy across Australia · Arthroscopy in Queensland