Surgery Waits

Corneal graft waiting time at Mater Adult Hospital

The median wait for corneal graft at this public hospital in the Dutton Park area of Queensland was 82 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
82 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
19 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 13 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 62 days in 2016–17 to 82 days in 2024–25 — up 32% — while the national median rose from 70 days to 96 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 2 km away, at 76 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Corneal graft, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Mater Adult Hospital82 daysnot published19 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)88 days3.9%152 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)96 days5.5%398 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 96 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for corneal graft by financial year at Mater Adult Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Mater Adult Hospital 82QLD 88Australia 96
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Corneal graft, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodMater Adult Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17627070
2017–18848479
2018–193197878
2019–201408577
2020–21697773
2021–22637483
2022–23608583
2023–2419689103
2024–25828896

Queensland's quarterly figures for ophthalmology

These are not figures for corneal graft. Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.

Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.

Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Mater Adult.

Patients treated
534 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time
94.6%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter
443 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended
15 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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