Spinal disc removal waiting time at Princess Alexandra Hospital
Half of patients at Princess Alexandra Hospital waited 44 days or less for spinal disc removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Discectomy". 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
- 44 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 65 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 30 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 35 days in 2016–17 to 44 days in 2024–25 — up 26% — while the national median stayed at 41 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mater Adult Hospital, about 2 km away, at 24 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 4.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Alexandra Hospital | 44 days | 0.0% | 65 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 37 days | 0.6% | 483 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 41 days | 4.5% | 1400 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 41 days marks the national median.
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 2 km away: 24 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 6 km away: 61 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 61 km away: 29 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 84 km away: 94 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
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 | 35 | 31 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 37 | 28 | 42 |
| 2018–19 | 42 | 36 | 43 |
| 2019–20 | 54 | 43 | 49 |
| 2020–21 | 40 | 46 | 49 |
| 2021–22 | 23 | 45 | 49 |
| 2022–23 | 56 | 32 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | 39 | 37 | 48 |
| 2024–25 | 44 | 37 | 41 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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