Surgery Waits

Arthroscopy waiting time at Rockhampton Hospital

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Wandal area of Queensland was 197 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
197 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
22 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 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 129 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 266 days in 2016–17 to 197 days in 2024–25 — down 26% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bundaberg Base Hospital, about 250 km away, at 76 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthroscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Rockhampton Hospital197 daysnot published22 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)79 days7.7%1582 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)78 days7.1%8779 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for arthroscopy by financial year at Rockhampton Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Rockhampton Hospital 197QLD 79Australia 78
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Arthroscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRockhampton Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–172666468
2017–182757672
2018–19827975
2019–201037876
2020–21887989
2021–221026985
2022–231928586
2023–24538278
2024–251977978

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

All surgery at Rockhampton Hospital · Arthroscopy across Australia · Arthroscopy in Queensland