Surgery Waits

Arthrodesis waiting time at Toowoomba Hospital

The median wait for arthrodesis at this public hospital in the South Toowoomba area of Queensland was 428 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
428 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
46 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 51 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 51 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 280 days in 2016–17 to 428 days in 2024–25 — up 53% — while the national median rose from 101 days to 158 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ipswich Hospital, about 80 km away, at 218 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthrodesis, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Toowoomba Hospital428 daysnot published46 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)132 days19.9%562 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)158 days19.3%1563 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 158 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 arthrodesis by financial year at Toowoomba Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Toowoomba Hospital 428QLD 132Australia 158
  • Toowoomba Hospital
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Arthrodesis, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodToowoomba Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–1728078101
2017–1831093105
2018–19335126111
2019–20338109107
2020–21327139182
2021–22137128185
2022–2363162203
2023–24167151171
2024–25428132158

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

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