Surgery Waits

Bunion surgery waiting time at Redland Hospital

The median wait for bunion surgery — published by the source as "Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of" — at this public hospital in the Cleveland area of Queensland was 128 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
128 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
42 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 19 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 7 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 57 days in 2020–21 to 128 days in 2024–25 — up 125% — while the national median fell from 262 days to 183 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Prince Charles Hospital, about 28 km away, at 123 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Redland Hospital128 daysnot published42 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)285 days20.8%212 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)168 days12.1%116 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)183 days16.2%616 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 183 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of by financial year at Redland Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Redland Hospital 128QLD 168Australia 183
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRedland Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published126137
2017–18not published118121
2018–19not published197142
2019–20not published155137
2020–2157221262
2021–22not publishednot published231
2022–23158not published222
2023–24354301206
2024–25128168183

Queensland's quarterly figures for orthopaedic surgery

These are not figures for bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of. 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 Redland.

Patients treated
169 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time
97.0%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter
281 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended
2 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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