Surgery Waits

Spinal disc removal waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for spinal disc removal in Queensland public hospitals was 37 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 41 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Discectomy".

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

11 public hospitals in Queensland reported spinal disc removal in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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

4 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 41 days marks the national median.

Discectomy 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 Mater Adult Hospital 24 days 0.0% 174 surgeries
2 Gold Coast University Hospital 29 days not published 39 surgeries
3 Townsville University Hospital 33 days 0.0% 56 surgeries
4 Cairns Hospital 42 days not published 12 surgeries
5 Princess Alexandra Hospital 44 days 0.0% 65 surgeries
6 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital 61 days 0.0% 65 surgeries
7 Sunshine Coast University Hospital 94 days 3.6% 56 surgeries
unranked Logan Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Queensland Children's Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Rockhampton Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Toowoomba Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
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The median wait for spinal disc removal in Queensland public hospitals was 37 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Spinal disc removal waiting times in Queensland", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/discectomy/qld/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/discectomy/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.