Carotid artery plaque removal waiting time at Princess Alexandra Hospital
Half of patients at Princess Alexandra Hospital waited 12 days or less for carotid artery plaque removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Carotid endarterectomy". This public hospital is in the Dutton Park 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
- 12 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 55 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 27 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 9 days in 2016–17 to 12 days in 2024–25 — up 33% — while the national median rose from 11 days to 20 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.6%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Carotid endarterectomy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Alexandra Hospital | 12 days | 0.0% | 55 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 23 days | 0.3% | 355 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 13 days | 0.0% | 144 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.6% | 702 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 20 days marks the national median.
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 6 km away: 26 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 61 km away: 29 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 84 km away: 12 days
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 148 km away: 22 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
- Princess Alexandra Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Princess Alexandra Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| 2017–18 | 13 | 9 | 13 |
| 2018–19 | 11 | 10 | 19 |
| 2019–20 | 11 | 11 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 12 | 12 | 20 |
| 2021–22 | 10 | 10 | 16 |
| 2022–23 | 14 | 13 | 18 |
| 2023–24 | 10 | 11 | 18 |
| 2024–25 | 12 | 13 | 20 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for vascular surgery
These are not figures for carotid endarterectomy. 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 Princess Alexandra.
- Patients treated
- 169 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 95.3%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 149 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 5 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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