Kidney drainage blockage repair waiting time at Queensland Children's Hospital
Half of patients at Queensland Children's Hospital waited 58 days or less for kidney drainage blockage repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction". 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
- 58 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 32 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 22 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 fallen from 80 days in 2016–17 to 58 days in 2024–25 — down 28% — while the national median rose from 33 days to 41 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 2 km away, at 32 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Children's Hospital | 58 days | not published | 32 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 48 days | 1.6% | 125 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 41 days | 4.7% | 598 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 0 km away: 111 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 2 km away: 32 days
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD · about 10 km away: 28 days
Redcliffe Hospital, QLD · about 30 km away: 59 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 63 km away: 35 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 | 80 | 53 | 33 |
| 2017–18 | 55 | 54 | 42 |
| 2018–19 | 46 | 48 | 38 |
| 2019–20 | 78 | 51 | 41 |
| 2020–21 | 42 | 44 | 41 |
| 2021–22 | 36 | not published | 32 |
| 2022–23 | 53 | 50 | 39 |
| 2023–24 | 61 | 62 | 35 |
| 2024–25 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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