The wait times for elective surgeries will decrease with the Crisafulli Government announcing a $100 million boost to Surgery Connect.
This means thousands more Queenslanders will receive life changing surgery.
The Surgery Connect Surge will deliver 10,000 additional elective surgeries by the end of June, utilising private sector capacity to deliver planned elective surgery within private hospitals.
Additional surgeries that will be delivered faster under this program will include cataract surgery, tonsils and adenoids, and knee replacements.
Surgery Connect Surge underpins the Crisafulli Government’s election commitment to stabilise Queensland’s elective surgery wait list which skyrocketed under the chaos and crisis of the former Labor Government.
Under Labor’s Health Crisis, the number of Queenslanders requiring elective surgery more than doubled. In February 2015 27,950 Queenslanders were on the elective surgery waitlist, that number rose to 64,171 in October 2024 and the latest quarterly data reveals it is now 66,632 patients.
