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Kidney drainage blockage repair waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for kidney drainage blockage repair in Queensland public hospitals was 48 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 41 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction".

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

14 public hospitals in Queensland reported kidney drainage blockage repair in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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8 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.

Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction 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 28 days not published 15 surgeries
2 Princess Alexandra Hospital 32 days not published 14 surgeries
3 Gold Coast University Hospital 35 days not published 14 surgeries
4 Queensland Children's Hospital 58 days not published 32 surgeries
5 Redcliffe Hospital 59 days not published 10 surgeries
6 Mater Adult Hospital 111 days not published 13 surgeries
unranked Cairns Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Ipswich Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Mackay Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Sunshine Coast University Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Toowoomba Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Townsville University Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
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The median wait for kidney drainage blockage repair in Queensland public hospitals was 48 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Kidney drainage blockage repair waiting times in QLD", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/qld/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/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.