Surgery Waits

Discectomy waiting time at Toowoomba Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for discectomy at this public hospital in the South Toowoomba area of Queensland, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
6 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.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Discectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Toowoomba Hospitalnot publishednot published6 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)37 days0.6%483 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)41 days4.5%1400 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Toowoomba Hospital did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for discectomy by financial year at Toowoomba Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Toowoomba Hospital 97QLD 37Australia 41
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Median wait in days for Discectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodToowoomba Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17823141
2017–18692842
2018–19623643
2019–20764349
2020–21834649
2021–22974549
2022–23not published3260
2023–24not published3748
2024–25not published3741

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