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Bunion surgery waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for bunion surgery in Queensland public hospitals was 168 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 183 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of".

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

17 public hospitals in Queensland reported bunion surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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14 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 183 days marks the national median.

Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of 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 The Prince Charles Hospital 123 days not published 15 surgeries
2 Redland Hospital 128 days not published 42 surgeries
3 Robina Hospital 333 days not published 13 surgeries
unranked Gladstone Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Gold Coast University Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Hervey Bay Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Ipswich Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Logan Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Mackay Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Mater Adult Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Princess Alexandra Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Sunshine Coast University Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service not published not published not published
unranked Toowoomba Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Townsville University Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
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The median wait for bunion surgery in Queensland public hospitals was 168 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/bunion-surgery/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.