Scar revision waiting time at Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
Half of patients at Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital waited 124 days or less for scar revision in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Herston 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
- 124 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 36 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 29 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 13 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 124 days in 2024–25 — up 48% — while the national median rose from 65 days to 83 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Queensland Children's Hospital, about 4 km away, at 106 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital | 124 days | not published | 36 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 62 days | 5.3% | 340 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 83 days | 9.5% | 1239 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 83 days marks the national median.
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 0 km away: 126 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 4 km away: 106 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 4 km away: 76 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 67 km away: 127 days
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 78 km away: 190 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 78 km away: 23 days
Nambour General Hospital, QLD · about 92 km away: 28 days
Toowoomba Hospital, QLD · about 108 km away: 24 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 84 | 65 | 65 |
| 2017–18 | 83 | 69 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 106 | 64 | 73 |
| 2019–20 | 140 | 83 | 83 |
| 2020–21 | 90 | 75 | 84 |
| 2021–22 | 140 | 101 | 121 |
| 2022–23 | 114 | 150 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 193 | 106 | 103 |
| 2024–25 | 124 | 62 | 83 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for plastic & reconstructive surgery
These are not figures for scar revision. 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 Royal Brisbane & Women's.
- Patients treated
- 773 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 56.0%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 1000 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 292 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital · Scar revision across Australia · Scar revision in Queensland · All surgery waits in Queensland