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title: "Proserpine Hospital surgery waiting times"
description: "Planned surgery waiting times and waiting list at Proserpine Hospital, a public hospital in the Proserpine area of Queensland, for 2024–25."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/"
---

# Proserpine Hospital surgery waiting times

In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Proserpine area of Queensland published median waits from **26 days** for skin lesion removal to **122 days** for keyhole joint surgery.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

Proserpine Hospital is a public hospital in the Proserpine area of Queensland. It is part of [Mackay](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/mackay/). It reported 18 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 21 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.

**[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick a surgery and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

## 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.

Planned surgery at Proserpine Hospital, 2024–25. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Skin lesion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) | 26 days | 83 surgeries | 1.2% |
| [Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 56 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| [Herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/hernia-repair/) | 77 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| [Carpal tunnel release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) | 88 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| [Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) | 98 days | 25 surgeries | not published |
| [Arthroscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/arthroscopy/) | 122 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| [Bartholin's cyst - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/bartholins-cyst-removal-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Common peroneal nerve release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/common-peroneal-nerve-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Dialysis access surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Dupytren's contracture release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Female sterilisation](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/female-sterilisation/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Ganglion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/ganglion-excision-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Haemorrhoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/lletz-procedure/) | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| [Muscle or tendon length - change of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/muscle-or-tendon-length-change-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Toenail surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/toenail-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Trigger finger/thumb release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |

**Not reported for this period**

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Arthrodesis last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Circumcision last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Cone biopsy last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Hydrocele - repair of last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Laparoscopy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Meniscectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Osteotomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Rotator cuff - repair of last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Tendon release last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Total knee replacement last reported 2015–16 | not reported |  |  |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |

## 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.](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/)

All planned surgery at Proserpine Hospital by urgency category, 2024–25.

| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-1/qld/) | 23 days | 75% | 91 surgeries |
| [Semi-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-2/qld/) | 90 days | 51% | 132 surgeries |
| [Non-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-3/qld/) | 353 days | 50% | 12 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 Proserpine.

Planned surgery at Proserpine Hospital by urgency category, July to September 2025.

| 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 | 99 patients | 70.7% | 78 patients | 3 patients |
| Category 1 — urgent (recommended within 30 days) | 32 patients | 84.4% | 4 patients | 0 patients |
| Category 2 — semi-urgent (recommended within 90 days) | 56 patients | 58.9% | 34 patients | 2 patients |
| Category 3 — non-urgent (recommended within 365 days) | 11 patients | 90.9% | 40 patients | 1 patient |

### 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.

Planned surgery at Proserpine Hospital by surgical specialty, July to September 2025.

| Group | Patients treated | Treated within the recommended time | Still waiting at the end of the quarter | Waiting longer than recommended |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| General surgery | 70 patients | 80.0% | 48 patients | 2 patients |
| Gynaecology | 12 patients | 83.3% | 20 patients | 0 patients |
| Orthopaedic surgery | 17 patients | 23.5% | 10 patients | 1 patient |

**Cite this page**

> In 2024–25, Proserpine Hospital published median planned-surgery waits from 26 days for skin lesion removal to 122 days for keyhole joint surgery (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Proserpine Hospital surgery wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-hospital/](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/proserpine-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.

[How these figures are put together](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/) · [All surgery waits in Queensland](https://surgerywaits.au/state/qld/) · [All hospitals](https://surgerywaits.au/hospitals/)

## Before you use these figures

Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you.

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Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations.

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