Surgery Waits

Aortic aneurysm repair waiting time at The Prince Charles Hospital

Half of patients at The Prince Charles Hospital waited 98 days or less for aortic aneurysm repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement". This public hospital is in the Chermside West 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
98 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
33 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 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 16 days in 2016–17 to 98 days in 2024–25 — up 513% — while the national median rose from 21 days to 24 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, about 6 km away, at 30 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
The Prince Charles Hospital98 daysnot published33 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)26 days2.4%254 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)24 days0.8%862 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 24 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 abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement by financial year at The Prince Charles Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25The Prince Charles Hospital 98QLD 26Australia 24
View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodThe Prince Charles Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17161821
2017–18not published2122
2018–19212122
2019–20262121
2020–21832522
2021–22472423
2022–23842925
2023–24913127
2024–25982624

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

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