Joint fusion surgery waiting time at Toowoomba Hospital
Half of patients at Toowoomba Hospital waited 428 days or less for joint fusion surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthrodesis". This public hospital is in the South Toowoomba 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
- 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toowoomba Hospital | 428 days | not published | 46 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 132 days | 19.9% | 562 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 158 days | 19.3% | 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.
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 80 km away: 218 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 107 km away: 71 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 108 km away: 217 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 108 km away: 82 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 108 km away: 227 days
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD · about 108 km away: 84 days
Logan Hospital, QLD · about 118 km away: 119 days
Redcliffe Hospital, QLD · about 121 km away: 84 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Toowoomba Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Toowoomba Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 280 | 78 | 101 |
| 2017–18 | 310 | 93 | 105 |
| 2018–19 | 335 | 126 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | 338 | 109 | 107 |
| 2020–21 | 327 | 139 | 182 |
| 2021–22 | 137 | 128 | 185 |
| 2022–23 | 63 | 162 | 203 |
| 2023–24 | 167 | 151 | 171 |
| 2024–25 | 428 | 132 | 158 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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