Arthroscopy waiting time at Toowoomba Hospital
The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the South Toowoomba area of Queensland was 124 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
- 124 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 29 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 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 113 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 80 days in 2016–17 to 124 days in 2024–25 — up 55% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ipswich Hospital, about 80 km away, at 70 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toowoomba Hospital | 124 days | not published | 29 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 79 days | 7.7% | 1582 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 7.1% | 8779 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
- Toowoomba Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Toowoomba Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 80 | 64 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | 151 | 76 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | 177 | 79 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 140 | 78 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 115 | 79 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | 62 | 69 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 68 | 85 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 109 | 82 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 124 | 79 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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