Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy waiting times in Queensland

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

27 public hospitals in Queensland reported Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy in 2024–25. The state median was 20 days; the national median was 17 days.

5 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.

Ipswich Hospital15 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital15 days
Robina Hospital15 days
Townsville University Hospital15 days
Mackay Base Hospital16 days
Mater Adult Hospital16 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital16 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital17 days
Cairns Hospital18 days
The Prince Charles Hospital18 days
Caboolture Hospital19 days
Redcliffe Hospital19 days
Gympie Hospital20 days
Redland Hospital20 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital20 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service20 days
Toowoomba Hospital22 days
Bundaberg Base Hospital24 days
Nambour General Hospital24 days
Hervey Bay Hospital27 days
Gladstone Hospital29 days
Rockhampton Hospital32 days
Gold Coast University Hospitalnot published
Maryborough Hospitalnot published
Mount Isa Base Hospitalnot published
Queensland Children's Hospitalnot published
Warwick Hospitalnot published

Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy 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	Ipswich Hospital	15 days	0.0%	93 surgeries
1	Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital	15 days	0.0%	143 surgeries
1	Robina Hospital	15 days	0.0%	330 surgeries
1	Townsville University Hospital	15 days	0.0%	154 surgeries
5	Mackay Base Hospital	16 days	not published	10 surgeries
5	Mater Adult Hospital	16 days	0.9%	117 surgeries
5	Princess Alexandra Hospital	16 days	0.0%	177 surgeries
8	Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital	17 days	0.0%	89 surgeries
9	Cairns Hospital	18 days	0.0%	134 surgeries
9	The Prince Charles Hospital	18 days	0.0%	61 surgeries
11	Caboolture Hospital	19 days	0.9%	111 surgeries
11	Redcliffe Hospital	19 days	0.0%	81 surgeries
13	Gympie Hospital	20 days	not published	40 surgeries
13	Redland Hospital	20 days	0.0%	69 surgeries
13	Sunshine Coast University Hospital	20 days	2.7%	150 surgeries
13	Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service	20 days	0.0%	118 surgeries
17	Toowoomba Hospital	22 days	1.3%	78 surgeries
18	Bundaberg Base Hospital	24 days	0.0%	105 surgeries
18	Nambour General Hospital	24 days	0.0%	90 surgeries
20	Hervey Bay Hospital	27 days	0.0%	68 surgeries
21	Gladstone Hospital	29 days	not published	19 surgeries
22	Rockhampton Hospital	32 days	0.0%	80 surgeries
unranked	Gold Coast University Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Maryborough Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Mount Isa Base Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Queensland Children's Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Warwick 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.