Ganglion cyst removal waiting time at The Prince Charles Hospital
Half of patients at The Prince Charles Hospital waited 102 days or less for ganglion cyst removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Ganglion - excision of". 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
- 102 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 24 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 42 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 69 days in 2016–17 to 102 days in 2024–25 — up 48% — while the national median rose from 69 days to 105 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, about 7 km away, at 91 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Prince Charles Hospital | 102 days | not published | 24 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 103 days | 10.7% | 233 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 105 days | 10.3% | 1191 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 105 days marks the national median.
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 7 km away: 91 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 11 km away: 153 days
Redland Hospital, QLD · about 28 km away: 70 days
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 83 km away: 329 days
Nambour General Hospital, QLD · about 86 km away: 160 days
Toowoomba Hospital, QLD · about 108 km away: 346 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 | 69 | 68 | 69 |
| 2017–18 | 77 | 88 | 75 |
| 2018–19 | 77 | 89 | 80 |
| 2019–20 | 84 | 94 | 91 |
| 2020–21 | 73 | 116 | 145 |
| 2021–22 | 42 | 91 | 136 |
| 2022–23 | 163 | 126 | 136 |
| 2023–24 | 98 | 98 | 107 |
| 2024–25 | 102 | 103 | 105 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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