The Prince Charles Hospital surgery waiting times
In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Chermside West area of Queensland published median waits from 15 days for lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy to 170 days for varicose vein surgery.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
The Prince Charles Hospital is a public hospital in the Chermside West area of Queensland. It is part of Metro North. It reported 61 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 17 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
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Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy | 15 days | 177 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of | 15 days | 557 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | 18 days | 61 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Cystoscopy | 21 days | 45 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | 22 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 22 days | 289 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection | 24 days | 43 surgeries | not published |
| Mastectomy | 26 days | 26 surgeries | not published |
| Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction | 28 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | 33 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| Shoulder reconstruction | 42 days | 25 surgeries | not published |
| Trigger finger/thumb release | 42 days | 36 surgeries | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | 43 days | 174 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Dialysis access surgery | 45 days | 20 surgeries | not published |
| Rotator cuff - repair of | 45 days | 23 surgeries | not published |
| Coronary artery bypass grafting | 47 days | 96 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Tendon release | 50 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| Muscle or tendon length - change of | 51 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 52 days | 304 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 55 days | 36 surgeries | not published |
| Arthroplasty - revision of | 57 days | 39 surgeries | not published |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy | 61 days | 49 surgeries | not published |
| Lithotripsy | 62 days | 133 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 64 days | 214 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Heart valve replacement | 65 days | 152 surgeries | 4.6% |
| Osteotomy | 75 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| Arthroscopy | 79 days | 115 surgeries | 2.6% |
| Herniorrhaphy | 80 days | 158 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Dupytren's contracture release | 82 days | 25 surgeries | not published |
| Arthrodesis | 84 days | 58 surgeries | 1.7% |
| Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction | 95 days | 24 surgeries | not published |
| Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement | 98 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| Ganglion - excision of | 102 days | 24 surgeries | not published |
| Total hip replacement | 103 days | 341 surgeries | 0.6% |
| Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of | 123 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| Shoulder joint replacement | 123 days | 40 surgeries | not published |
| Total knee replacement | 164 days | 521 surgeries | 1.0% |
| Varicose veins treatment | 170 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Amputation of limb | not published | not published | not published |
| Anal fissure - repair of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Breast prosthesis - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast reconstruction | not published | not published | not published |
| Carotid endarterectomy | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Common peroneal nerve release | not published | not published | not published |
| Craniotomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Exostosis - excision of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Femoro-popliteal bypass graft | not published | not published | not published |
| Fundoplication | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of | not published | not published | not published |
| Meniscectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Orchidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Pectus surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia | not published | not published | not published |
| Scar revision | not published | not published | not published |
| Stone/s urinary tract - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Tenotomy of hip | not published | not published | not published |
| Thyroglossal remnant - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Axillary node dissection last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast reduction last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Circumcision last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Congenital pulmonary lesion - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Fracture non-union - treatment of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hydrocele - repair of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) last reported 2014–15 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Meatoplasty last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nephrectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nerve decompression last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Orchidopexy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Parathyroidectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pleurodesis last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) last reported 2012–13 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pyogenic granuloma - removal of last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose. What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 15 days | 93% | 1519 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 55 days | 87% | 1777 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 147 days | 98% | 1622 surgeries |
Queensland's own quarterly figures
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.
These figures count patients, not surgeries, and they are a snapshot of one quarter. The table above covers a whole financial year. Comparing a number from one table with a number from the other does not tell you anything.
Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Prince Charles.
| Group | Patients treated | Treated within the recommended time | Still waiting at the end of the quarter | Waiting longer than recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All planned surgery at this hospital | 1264 patients | 95.2% | 1752 patients | 69 patients |
| Category 1 — urgent (recommended within 30 days) | 381 patients | 97.6% | 93 patients | 0 patients |
| Category 2 — semi-urgent (recommended within 90 days) | 471 patients | 90.2% | 512 patients | 62 patients |
| Category 3 — non-urgent (recommended within 365 days) | 412 patients | 98.5% | 1147 patients | 7 patients |
By surgical specialty
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.
| Group | Patients treated | Treated within the recommended time | Still waiting at the end of the quarter | Waiting longer than recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardio-thoracic surgery | 195 patients | 78.5% | 293 patients | 65 patients |
| General surgery | 386 patients | 98.2% | 486 patients | 0 patients |
| Orthopaedic surgery | 444 patients | 98.4% | 875 patients | 4 patients |
| Urology | 170 patients | 100.0% | 60 patients | 0 patients |
| Vascular surgery | 69 patients | 92.8% | 38 patients | 0 patients |
Cite this page
In 2024–25, The Prince Charles Hospital published median planned-surgery waits from 15 days for lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy to 170 days for varicose vein surgery.
Copy-ready citation
SurgeryWaits, "The Prince Charles Hospital wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-prince-charles-hospital/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: SurgeryWaits (https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-prince-charles-hospital/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.