Breast reconstruction waiting time at Cairns Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for Breast reconstruction at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.
- Median wait
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
- Surgeries completed
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — too few
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairns Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 160 days | 26.4% | 110 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 146 days | 25.7% | 1192 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Cairns Hospital did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.
How the wait has changed
- Cairns Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Cairns Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 102 | 96 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 123 | 118 |
| 2018–19 | 345 | 102 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 156 | 137 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 223 | 113 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 103 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 154 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 312 | 149 |
| 2024–25 | not published | 160 | 146 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for plastic & reconstructive surgery
These are not figures for breast reconstruction. 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 Cairns.
- Patients treated
- 300 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 80.7%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 225 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 91 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
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