Surgery Waits

Arthrodesis waiting time at Rockhampton Hospital

The median wait for arthrodesis at this public hospital in the Wandal area of Queensland was 281 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
281 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
21 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 51 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 40 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 354 days in 2016–17 to 281 days in 2024–25 — down 21% — while the national median rose from 101 days to 158 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gladstone Hospital, about 93 km away, at 279 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthrodesis, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Rockhampton Hospital281 daysnot published21 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)132 days19.9%562 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)158 days19.3%1563 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 158 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for arthrodesis by financial year at Rockhampton Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Rockhampton Hospital 281QLD 132Australia 158
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Arthrodesis, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRockhampton Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–1735478101
2017–1817393105
2018–1986126111
2019–2069109107
2020–2180139182
2021–2292128185
2022–23400162203
2023–24288151171
2024–25281132158

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

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