Surgery Waits

Tendon release waiting time at The Prince Charles Hospital

The median wait for tendon release at this public hospital in the Chermside West area of Queensland was 50 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
50 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
33 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 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 52 days in 2023–24 to 50 days in 2024–25 — down 4% — while the national median fell from 45 days to 34 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 12 km away, at 33 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
The Prince Charles Hospital50 daysnot published33 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 The Prince Charles Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays0193856752016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25The Prince Charles Hospital 50QLD 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 periodThe Prince Charles Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published1922
2017–18not published2529
2018–19not published4029
2019–20not published5628
2020–21not published4830
2021–22not published3623
2022–23not published4828
2023–24523745
2024–25503534

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

All surgery at The Prince Charles Hospital · Tendon release across Australia · Tendon release in Queensland