Bone realignment surgery waiting time at Toowoomba Hospital
Half of patients at Toowoomba Hospital waited 146 days or less for bone realignment surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Osteotomy". 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
- 146 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 24 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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 25 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 60 days in 2016–17 to 146 days in 2024–25 — up 143% — while the national median rose from 76 days to 135 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ipswich Hospital, about 80 km away, at 52 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toowoomba Hospital | 146 days | not published | 24 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 99 days | 12.7% | 550 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 135 days | 19.2% | 1866 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 135 days marks the national median.
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 80 km away: 52 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 107 km away: 101 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 107 km away: 110 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 108 km away: 151 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 108 km away: 61 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 108 km away: 263 days
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD · about 108 km away: 75 days
Nambour General Hospital, QLD · about 145 km away: 109 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 | 60 | 69 | 76 |
| 2017–18 | 38 | 77 | 86 |
| 2018–19 | 57 | 85 | 90 |
| 2019–20 | 76 | 86 | 103 |
| 2020–21 | 94 | 91 | 136 |
| 2021–22 | 49 | 90 | 122 |
| 2022–23 | 64 | 123 | 157 |
| 2023–24 | 92 | 97 | 152 |
| 2024–25 | 146 | 99 | 135 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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