Breast implant removal waiting time at Sunshine Coast University Hospital
Half of patients at Sunshine Coast University Hospital waited 103 days or less for breast implant removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Breast prosthesis - removal of". This public hospital is in the Birtinya 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
- 103 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 26 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 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 113 days in 2020–21 to 103 days in 2024–25 — down 9% — while the national median rose from 86 days to 96 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, about 79 km away, at 77 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Coast University Hospital | 103 days | not published | 26 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 85 days | 9.1% | 264 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 96 days | 14.5% | 708 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 96 days marks the national median.
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 78 km away: 103 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 79 km away: 77 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 83 km away: 128 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 84 km away: 100 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 137 km away: 86 days
Toowoomba Hospital, QLD · about 148 km away: 20 days
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 150 km away: 76 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sunshine Coast University Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sunshine Coast University Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 60 | 59 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 62 | 64 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 75 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 83 | 81 |
| 2020–21 | 113 | 81 | 86 |
| 2021–22 | 247 | 86 | 101 |
| 2022–23 | 360 | 119 | 126 |
| 2023–24 | 181 | 91 | 111 |
| 2024–25 | 103 | 85 | 96 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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