Surgery Waits

Carotid endarterectomy waiting time at Princess Alexandra Hospital

The median wait for carotid endarterectomy at this public hospital in the Dutton Park area of Queensland was 12 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
12 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
55 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 27 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 9 days in 2016–17 to 12 days in 2024–25 — up 33% — while the national median rose from 11 days to 20 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.6%.

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

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Carotid endarterectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Princess Alexandra Hospital12 days0.0%55 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)23 days0.3%355 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)13 days0.0%144 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)20 days0.6%702 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 20 days marks the national median.

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

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for carotid endarterectomy by financial year at Princess Alexandra Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays051015202016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Princess Alexandra Hospital 12QLD 13Australia 20
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Carotid endarterectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodPrincess Alexandra Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–179911
2017–1813913
2018–19111019
2019–20111117
2020–21121220
2021–22101016
2022–23141318
2023–24101118
2024–25121320

Queensland's quarterly figures for vascular surgery

These are not figures for carotid endarterectomy. 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 Princess Alexandra.

Patients treated
169 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time
95.3%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter
149 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended
5 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

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

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