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Breast lump removal waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for breast lump removal in Queensland public hospitals was 20 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 17 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

27 public hospitals in Queensland reported breast lump removal in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

5 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.

Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy in Queensland public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Ipswich Hospital 15 days 0.0% 93 surgeries
1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital 15 days 0.0% 143 surgeries
1 Robina Hospital 15 days 0.0% 330 surgeries
1 Townsville University Hospital 15 days 0.0% 154 surgeries
5 Mackay Base Hospital 16 days not published 10 surgeries
5 Mater Adult Hospital 16 days 0.9% 117 surgeries
5 Princess Alexandra Hospital 16 days 0.0% 177 surgeries
8 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital 17 days 0.0% 89 surgeries
9 Cairns Hospital 18 days 0.0% 134 surgeries
9 The Prince Charles Hospital 18 days 0.0% 61 surgeries
11 Caboolture Hospital 19 days 0.9% 111 surgeries
11 Redcliffe Hospital 19 days 0.0% 81 surgeries
13 Gympie Hospital 20 days not published 40 surgeries
13 Redland Hospital 20 days 0.0% 69 surgeries
13 Sunshine Coast University Hospital 20 days 2.7% 150 surgeries
13 Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service 20 days 0.0% 118 surgeries
17 Toowoomba Hospital 22 days 1.3% 78 surgeries
18 Bundaberg Base Hospital 24 days 0.0% 105 surgeries
18 Nambour General Hospital 24 days 0.0% 90 surgeries
20 Hervey Bay Hospital 27 days 0.0% 68 surgeries
21 Gladstone Hospital 29 days not published 19 surgeries
22 Rockhampton Hospital 32 days 0.0% 80 surgeries
unranked Gold Coast University Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Maryborough Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Mount Isa Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Queensland Children's Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Warwick Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Queensland: near Herston · near the Sunshine Coast · near Woolloongabba.

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The median wait for breast lump removal in Queensland public hospitals was 20 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Breast lump removal waiting times in Queensland", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/qld/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/qld/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Queensland.