Rhinoplasty waiting time at Sunshine Coast University Hospital
The median wait for rhinoplasty at this public hospital in the Birtinya area of Queensland was 384 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
- 384 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 15 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 7 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 596 days in 2022–23 to 384 days in 2024–25 — down 36% — while the national median fell from 409 days to 376 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, about 79 km away, at 363 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Coast University Hospital | 384 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 363 days | 47.1% | 102 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 376 days | 54.0% | 424 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sunshine Coast University Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sunshine Coast University Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 231 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 280 | 278 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 338 | 286 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 341 | 308 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 353 | 353 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 321 | 309 |
| 2022–23 | 596 | 414 | 409 |
| 2023–24 | 217 | 332 | 360 |
| 2024–25 | 384 | 363 | 376 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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