Surgery Waits

Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at Toowoomba Hospital

Half of patients at Toowoomba Hospital waited 117 days or less for shoulder joint replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
117 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 89 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 219 days in 2016–17 to 117 days in 2024–25 — down 47% — while the national median rose from 147 days to 174 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mater Adult Hospital, about 107 km away, at 105 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Shoulder joint replacement, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Toowoomba Hospital117 daysnot published24 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)123 days17.0%352 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)174 days20.4%2417 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 174 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 shoulder joint replacement by financial year at Toowoomba Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Toowoomba Hospital 117QLD 123Australia 174
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Median wait in days for Shoulder joint replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodToowoomba Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–1721999147
2017–1832796152
2018–19177145163
2019–20349155154
2020–21351264246
2021–2240185218
2022–2368169254
2023–2489138192
2024–25117123174

Queensland's quarterly figures for orthopaedic surgery

These are not figures for shoulder joint replacement. Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.

Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.

Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Toowoomba.

Patients treated
259 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time
84.9%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter
785 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended
22 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

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

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