Surgery Waits

Category 3 (non-urgent) waiting times in Queensland

Of the 47 public hospitals that published a figure for 2024–25, the share treated on time ranged from 100% at Beaudesert Hospital down to 33% at Gladstone Hospital.

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

Category 3 (non-urgent) means surgery is recommended within 365 days of being placed on the waiting list. Surgery for a condition causing minimal pain, dysfunction or disability, and unlikely to deteriorate quickly. The table ranks Queensland's public hospitals by the share of non-urgent patients treated within that time in 2024–25.

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures.

Category 3 (non-urgent) planned surgery at Queensland public hospitals, 2024–25, ranked by the share treated within the recommended time — highest first. Hospitals with the same figure share a rank; a hospital with no published figure is listed unranked. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Treated on time Median wait Surgeries
1 Beaudesert Hospital 100% 33 days 11 surgeries
1 Cooktown Hospital 100% 13 days 22 surgeries
1 Goondiwindi Hospital 100% 112 days 15 surgeries
1 Mareeba Hospital 100% 290 days 52 surgeries
1 Thursday Island Hospital 100% 2 days 110 surgeries
1 Warwick Hospital 100% 56 days 20 surgeries
1 Weipa Hospital 100% 5 days 127 surgeries
8 Caloundra Hospital 99% 162 days 396 surgeries
9 Atherton Hospital 98% 90 days 105 surgeries
9 Kingaroy Hospital 98% 254 days 44 surgeries
9 The Prince Charles Hospital 98% 147 days 1622 surgeries
12 Longreach Hospital 97% 173 days 170 surgeries
12 Mater Mothers' Hospital 97% 204 days 382 surgeries
12 Redland Hospital 97% 118 days 888 surgeries
15 Roma Hospital 96% 144 days 577 surgeries
16 Gympie Hospital 95% 154 days 183 surgeries
16 Innisfail Hospital 95% 334 days 100 surgeries
18 Mount Isa Base Hospital 94% 78 days 157 surgeries
18 St George Hospital Qld 94% 60 days 17 surgeries
18 Stanthorpe Hospital 94% 342 days 16 surgeries
21 Maryborough Hospital 93% 227 days 162 surgeries
21 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital 93% 279 days 1327 surgeries
23 Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service 92% 231 days 3312 surgeries
24 Emerald Hospital 91% 77 days 33 surgeries
24 Robina Hospital 91% 321 days 1544 surgeries
26 Bundaberg Base Hospital 90% 212 days 416 surgeries
27 Queensland Children's Hospital 89% 240 days 2510 surgeries
28 Ipswich Hospital 88% 265 days 614 surgeries
29 Gold Coast University Hospital 87% 343 days 1834 surgeries
29 Princess Alexandra Hospital 87% 177 days 1395 surgeries
31 Mater Adult Hospital 84% 273 days 2295 surgeries
32 Hervey Bay Hospital 83% 334 days 223 surgeries
33 Redcliffe Hospital 82% 322 days 497 surgeries
34 Nambour General Hospital 81% 260 days 842 surgeries
35 Charleville Hospital 80% 362 days 10 surgeries
35 Dalby Hospital 80% 285 days 30 surgeries
37 Sunshine Coast University Hospital 79% 249 days 1759 surgeries
38 Caboolture Hospital 75% 340 days 153 surgeries
39 Logan Hospital 67% 348 days 917 surgeries
40 Townsville University Hospital 65% 319 days 1400 surgeries
41 Cairns Hospital 64% 354 days 964 surgeries
42 Toowoomba Hospital 62% 355 days 851 surgeries
43 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital 53% 364 days 1168 surgeries
44 Proserpine Hospital 50% 353 days 12 surgeries
45 Rockhampton Hospital 42% 385 days 346 surgeries
46 Mackay Base Hospital 38% 390 days 229 surgeries
47 Gladstone Hospital 33% 427 days 153 surgeries
unranked Ayr Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries

What is not here

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

Compare with every state's hospitals, see Queensland's waiting times by surgery, or start from what the urgency categories mean.