Hydrocele surgery waiting time at Queensland Children's Hospital
Half of patients at Queensland Children's Hospital waited 100 days or less for hydrocele surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Hydrocele - repair of". This public hospital is in the South Brisbane 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
- 100 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 28 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 52 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 30 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 84 days in 2016–17 to 100 days in 2024–25 — up 19% — while the national median rose from 75 days to 95 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 2 km away, at 50 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Hydrocele - repair of" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Children's Hospital | 100 days | not published | 28 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 102 days | 6.7% | 223 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 95 days | 9.8% | 1477 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 95 days marks the national median.
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 2 km away: 50 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 4 km away: 168 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 9 km away: 119 days
Redcliffe Hospital, QLD · about 30 km away: 157 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 63 km away: 96 days
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 74 km away: 88 days
Nambour General Hospital, QLD · about 96 km away: 136 days
Toowoomba Hospital, QLD · about 107 km away: 235 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Queensland Children's Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Queensland Children's Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 84 | 81 | 75 |
| 2017–18 | 274 | 85 | 70 |
| 2018–19 | 78 | 79 | 70 |
| 2019–20 | 81 | 102 | 87 |
| 2020–21 | 148 | 88 | 113 |
| 2021–22 | 84 | 86 | 121 |
| 2022–23 | 174 | 88 | 138 |
| 2023–24 | 63 | 101 | 90 |
| 2024–25 | 100 | 102 | 95 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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