Surgery Waits

Arthroscopy waiting time at Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Herston area of Queensland was 223 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
223 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
31 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 132 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 104 days in 2016–17 to 223 days in 2024–25 — up 114% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, about 0 km away, at 80 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
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital223 daysnot published31 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 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for arthroscopy by financial year at Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital 223QLD 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 periodRoyal Brisbane & Women's Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–171046468
2017–18487672
2018–192097975
2019–201007876
2020–211107989
2021–221306985
2022–231298586
2023–243328278
2024–252237978

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

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