Surgery Waits

Keyhole sinus surgery waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for keyhole sinus surgery in Queensland public hospitals was 81 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 214 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Functional endoscopic sinus surgery".

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

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

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

7 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 214 days marks the national median.

Functional endoscopic sinus surgery 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 Gold Coast University Hospital 81 days not published 15 surgeries
2 Ipswich Hospital 87 days not published 41 surgeries
3 Mater Adult Hospital 129 days not published 10 surgeries
4 Townsville University Hospital 163 days not published 12 surgeries
unranked Cairns Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Logan Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Princess Alexandra Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Queensland Children's Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Sunshine Coast University Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service not published not published 7 surgeries
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The median wait for keyhole sinus surgery in Queensland public hospitals was 81 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/functional-endoscopic-sinus-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.