Surgery Waits

Tendon release waiting time at Princess Alexandra Hospital

The median wait for tendon release at this public hospital in the Dutton Park area of Queensland was 33 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
33 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
22 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 26 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 15 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 25 days in 2016–17 to 33 days in 2024–25 — up 32% — while the national median rose from 22 days to 34 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gold Coast University Hospital, about 61 km away, at 27 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Tendon release, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Princess Alexandra Hospital33 daysnot published22 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)35 days4.8%189 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)34 days7.5%1016 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 34 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 tendon release by financial year at Princess Alexandra Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays038751131502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Princess Alexandra Hospital 33QLD 35Australia 34
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Tendon release, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodPrincess Alexandra Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17251922
2017–18not published2529
2018–19not published4029
2019–20855628
2020–21764830
2021–22833623
2022–231374828
2023–241203745
2024–25333534

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

All surgery at Princess Alexandra Hospital · Tendon release across Australia · Tendon release in Queensland