Ganglion cyst removal waiting time at Toowoomba Hospital
Half of patients at Toowoomba Hospital waited 346 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 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
- 346 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 16 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 40 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 293 days in 2016–17 to 346 days in 2024–25 — up 18% — while the national median rose from 69 days to 105 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mater Adult Hospital, about 107 km away, at 153 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toowoomba Hospital | 346 days | not published | 16 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.
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 107 km away: 153 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 108 km away: 91 days
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD · about 108 km away: 102 days
Redland Hospital, QLD · about 129 km away: 70 days
Nambour General Hospital, QLD · about 145 km away: 160 days
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 152 km away: 329 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 | 293 | 68 | 69 |
| 2017–18 | 202 | 88 | 75 |
| 2018–19 | 299 | 89 | 80 |
| 2019–20 | 340 | 94 | 91 |
| 2020–21 | 354 | 116 | 145 |
| 2021–22 | 333 | 91 | 136 |
| 2022–23 | 62 | 126 | 136 |
| 2023–24 | 163 | 98 | 107 |
| 2024–25 | 346 | 103 | 105 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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