Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt waiting times in Queensland

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

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.

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.

Queensland Children's Hospital6 days
Townsville University Hospital8 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital14 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital17 days
Gold Coast University Hospitalnot published
Mater Adult Hospitalnot published

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.