Surgery Waits

Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt waiting times in Queensland

Public hospitals in Queensland ranked by their median wait for insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

6 public hospitals in Queensland reported insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt in 2024–25. The state median was 8 days; the national median was 17 days.

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2 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.

Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt in Queensland public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Queensland Children's Hospital 6 days not published 35 surgeries
2 Townsville University Hospital 8 days not published 20 surgeries
3 Princess Alexandra Hospital 14 days not published 31 surgeries
4 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital 17 days not published 11 surgeries
unranked Gold Coast University Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Mater Adult Hospital not published not published not published

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Queensland.