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Squint surgery waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for squint surgery in Queensland public hospitals was 100 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 155 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)".

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

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

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)" 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 155 days marks the national median.

Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) 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 73 days 0.0% 63 surgeries
2 Cairns Hospital 89 days not published 11 surgeries
3 Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service 91 days not published 17 surgeries
4 Townsville University Hospital 100 days not published 15 surgeries
5 Queensland Children's Hospital 126 days 14.5% 242 surgeries
unranked Caloundra Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Mount Isa Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Princess Alexandra Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Redland Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Roma Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Sunshine Coast University Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
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The median wait for squint surgery in Queensland public hospitals was 100 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/squint-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.