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Breast removal waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for breast removal in Queensland public hospitals was 20 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 19 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Mastectomy".

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

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

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

2 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 19 days marks the national median.

Mastectomy 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 Redland Hospital 10 days not published 15 surgeries
2 Cairns Hospital 12 days 1.3% 78 surgeries
3 Townsville University Hospital 17 days 1.9% 52 surgeries
4 Robina Hospital 18 days 0.6% 171 surgeries
5 Ipswich Hospital 19 days 0.0% 61 surgeries
6 Princess Alexandra Hospital 20 days 0.0% 77 surgeries
6 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital 20 days 0.0% 52 surgeries
8 Caboolture Hospital 21 days not published 18 surgeries
8 Gympie Hospital 21 days not published 18 surgeries
8 Hervey Bay Hospital 21 days not published 29 surgeries
8 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital 21 days 0.0% 52 surgeries
12 Mackay Base Hospital 22 days not published 25 surgeries
12 Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service 22 days not published 32 surgeries
12 Toowoomba Hospital 22 days 0.0% 61 surgeries
15 Mater Adult Hospital 23 days 0.9% 107 surgeries
15 Sunshine Coast University Hospital 23 days 10.1% 69 surgeries
17 Gladstone Hospital 25 days not published 14 surgeries
18 Nambour General Hospital 26 days not published 17 surgeries
18 Redcliffe Hospital 26 days not published 28 surgeries
18 Rockhampton Hospital 26 days not published 21 surgeries
18 The Prince Charles Hospital 26 days not published 26 surgeries
22 Bundaberg Base Hospital 28 days not published 29 surgeries
unranked Maryborough Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Queensland Children's 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 removal in Queensland public hospitals was 20 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

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