Surgery Waits

Kidney removal waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for kidney removal in Queensland public hospitals was 30 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 30 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Nephrectomy".

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

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

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

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 30 days marks the national median.

Nephrectomy 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 Queensland Children's Hospital 7 days not published 10 surgeries
2 Gold Coast University Hospital 20 days 0.0% 87 surgeries
3 Princess Alexandra Hospital 26 days 0.0% 141 surgeries
4 Toowoomba Hospital 28 days not published 25 surgeries
5 Sunshine Coast University Hospital 31 days 0.0% 59 surgeries
6 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital 32 days not published 47 surgeries
6 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital 32 days 0.0% 84 surgeries
8 Redcliffe Hospital 36 days not published 37 surgeries
9 Ipswich Hospital 42 days not published 13 surgeries
10 Townsville University Hospital 45 days not published 19 surgeries
11 Cairns Hospital 69 days not published 20 surgeries
12 Mater Adult Hospital 97 days 0.0% 51 surgeries

Ranked by area in Queensland: near Woolloongabba.

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The median wait for kidney removal in Queensland public hospitals was 30 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

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