Dupuytren's contracture surgery waiting time at The Prince Charles Hospital
Half of patients at The Prince Charles Hospital waited 82 days or less for Dupuytren's contracture surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Dupytren's contracture release". 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
- 82 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 25 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 63 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 15 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 97 days in 2017–18 to 82 days in 2024–25 — down 15% — while the national median rose from 95 days to 150 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 12 km away, at 49 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Prince Charles Hospital | 82 days | not published | 25 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 139 days | 13.8% | 318 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 150 days | 17.9% | 1777 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 150 days marks the national median.
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 6 km away: 138 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 7 km away: 224 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 11 km away: 132 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 12 km away: 49 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 19 km away: 223 days
Redland Hospital, QLD · about 28 km away: 112 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 72 km away: 344 days
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 83 km away: 347 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- The Prince Charles Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Prince Charles Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 83 | 99 |
| 2017–18 | 97 | 104 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 126 | 98 | 105 |
| 2019–20 | 104 | 134 | 128 |
| 2020–21 | 95 | 175 | 190 |
| 2021–22 | 213 | 154 | 198 |
| 2022–23 | 169 | 125 | 202 |
| 2023–24 | 153 | 158 | 169 |
| 2024–25 | 82 | 139 | 150 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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