Heart valve replacement waiting time at The Prince Charles Hospital
The median wait for heart valve replacement at this public hospital in the Chermside West area of Queensland was 65 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 65 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 152 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 4.6%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 20 days in 2016–17 to 65 days in 2024–25 — up 225% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Queensland Children's Hospital, about 10 km away, at 14 days. Here, 4.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.9%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Heart valve replacement" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Prince Charles Hospital | 65 days | 4.6% | 152 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 22 days | 0.0% | 574 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 34 days | 1.6% | 434 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 0.9% | 2205 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
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 | 20 | 18 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 34 | 20 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 35 | 23 | 28 |
| 2019–20 | 37 | 26 | 26 |
| 2020–21 | 51 | 30 | 27 |
| 2021–22 | 41 | 31 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 50 | 36 | 29 |
| 2023–24 | 66 | 39 | 30 |
| 2024–25 | 65 | 34 | 33 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for cardio-thoracic surgery
These are not figures for heart valve replacement. 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.
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.
Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Prince Charles.
- Patients treated
- 195 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 78.5%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 293 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 65 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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