Surgery Waits

Dacryocystorhinostomy waiting time at Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service

The median wait for dacryocystorhinostomy at this public hospital in the Herston area of Queensland was 102 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
102 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
13 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 10 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 67 days in 2021–22 to 102 days in 2024–25 — up 52% — while the national median rose from 136 days to 254 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Dacryocystorhinostomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service102 daysnot published13 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)307 days28.7%181 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)not publishednot published52 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)254 days25.2%333 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 254 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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 dacryocystorhinostomy by financial year at Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, compared with Queensland and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service 102Australia 254
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Dacryocystorhinostomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSurgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this periodnot published155
2017–18not reported for this periodnot published135
2018–19not reported for this periodnot published152
2019–20not reported for this periodnot published118
2020–21not publishednot published256
2021–2267not published136
2022–23144not published238
2023–2460not published211
2024–25102not published254

Queensland's quarterly figures for ophthalmology

These are not figures for dacryocystorhinostomy. 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 Surgical Treatment and Rehabltn Service.

Patients treated
1063 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time
97.5%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter
981 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended
6 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

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

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