Squint surgery waiting times in Queensland
Public hospitals in Queensland ranked by their median wait for squint surgery, published by the source as “Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)”.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
12 public hospitals in Queensland reported squint surgery in 2024–25. The state median was 100 days; the national median was 155 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)” and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
7 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.
| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold Coast University Hospital | 73 days | 0.0% | 63 surgeries |
| 2 | Cairns Hospital | 89 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| 3 | Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service | 91 days | not published | 17 surgeries |
| 4 | Townsville University Hospital | 100 days | not published | 15 surgeries |
| 5 | Queensland Children's Hospital | 126 days | 14.5% | 242 surgeries |
| unranked | Caloundra Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Mount Isa Base Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Princess Alexandra Hospital | not published | not published | 7 surgeries |
| unranked | Redland Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Roma Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Sunshine Coast University Hospital | not published | not published | 9 surgeries |
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.