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Hiatus hernia repair waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for hiatus hernia repair in Queensland public hospitals was 83 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 88 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia".

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

16 public hospitals in Queensland reported hiatus hernia repair in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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11 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 88 days marks the national median.

Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia 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 Townsville University Hospital 61 days not published 13 surgeries
2 Gold Coast University Hospital 78 days 1.5% 68 surgeries
3 Robina Hospital 84 days not published 12 surgeries
4 Cairns Hospital 89 days not published 33 surgeries
5 Redcliffe Hospital 117 days not published 17 surgeries
unranked Bundaberg Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Cooktown Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Ipswich Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Mater Adult 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 not published
unranked Redland Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked The Prince Charles Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Toowoomba Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Queensland: near the Gold Coast.

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The median wait for hiatus hernia repair in Queensland public hospitals was 83 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Hiatus hernia repair waiting times in Queensland", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/repair-of-obstructing-hiatus-hernia/qld/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/repair-of-obstructing-hiatus-hernia/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.