One public dental clinic and one waiting list, such as General care or Priority 2, with the number of adults waiting at the end of the quarter in each of six waiting-time bands, the number treated from the list in the quarter in the same bands, and the percentage within the recommended waiting time for each.

They are months waiting and differ by list. For General care they are under 12, 12 to 24, 24 to 36, 36 to 48, 48 to 60 and over 60 months. For Priority 3 they are under 6, 7 to 12, 13 to 18, 19 to 24, 25 to 30 and over 30. For Priority 2 they are under 3, 4 to 6, 7 to 9, 10 to 12, 13 to 15 and over 15. For Clinical Assessment, Priority 1 and General Anaesthetic Category 1 they are under 1, 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4, 4 to 5 and over 5. General Anaesthetic Categories 2 and 3 follow Priority 2 and Priority 3.

The newest quarter Queensland Health has published, October to December 2025 in the first version here. The publisher adds a workbook each quarter in a package for each financial year, and this table follows the newest. It notes all figures are preliminary.

Datasets / Queensland / Queensland Health

Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland, latest quarter

Name: Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland, latest quarter
Creator: Queensland Health
Published: 2026-03-30
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Publisher Queensland HealthUpdated quarterlyLicence CC BY 4.0Latest 2026-03-30Rows 428Fields 19

The Data sheet of Queensland Health's quarterly public dental waiting list workbook, one row per dental clinic and waiting list. Each row has the clinic, its Hospital and Health Service, the number of clients waiting at the quarter's end in six waiting-time bands, the number treated from the list during the quarter in the same bands, and the percentage within the recommended time for each. The workbook's Notes sheet, which defines the lists and bands, is described in the FAQ.

Also called: Public dental waiting times Queensland, QLD oral health waiting list, How long is the public dental wait in Queensland.

Before you use it

What is in each row?: One public dental clinic and one waiting list, such as General care or Priority 2, with the number of adults waiting at the end of the quarter in each of six waiting-time bands, the number treated from the list in the quarter in the same bands, and the percentage within the recommended waiting time for each.
What are the bands?: They are months waiting and differ by list. For General care they are under 12, 12 to 24, 24 to 36, 36 to 48, 48 to 60 and over 60 months. For Priority 3 they are under 6, 7 to 12, 13 to 18, 19 to 24, 25 to 30 and over 30. For Priority 2 they are under 3, 4 to 6, 7 to 9, 10 to 12, 13 to 15 and over 15. For Clinical Assessment, Priority 1 and General Anaesthetic Category 1 they are under 1, 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4, 4 to 5 and over 5. General Anaesthetic Categories 2 and 3 follow Priority 2 and Priority 3.
Which quarter is it?: The newest quarter Queensland Health has published, October to December 2025 in the first version here. The publisher adds a workbook each quarter in a package for each financial year, and this table follows the newest. It notes all figures are preliminary.

Made for agents

Connect your AI agent

Any agent that connects to publicdata.au/mcp can find this dataset, read its 19 fields, count and filter across all 428 rows and diff its versions. Every answer names the version and carries Queensland Health's attribution. No key.

Then ask it: What does Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland, latest quarter hold, and what changed in the newest version?

claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp

One command. No key, no account, no sign-up.

https://publicdata.au/mcp

Streamable HTTP. Cursor, VS Code or any client that connects to a remote MCP server.

Using https://publicdata.au/llms.txt, how many people died on Queensland roads in 2025, by month?

For an assistant that reads the web and has no connector.

ExploreChart every row in your browser

A dashboard over every row. Click to filter, add panels, share a link or embed a frame.

Query APIFilter and count from a URL

aggregate?group=hospital_and_health_service&metric=sum.waiting_d1&wait_list=eq.General

Adults waiting under 12 months for general dental care at the quarter's end, by Hospital and Health Service: 20,322 Metro South, 15,127 Metro North, 8,878 Gold Coast, 7,068 Wide Bay.

Download it as Excel, CSV, JSON and 6 more formats

Pick a format and a version. Excel is picked first because it opens in the tools most offices have. The URL is yours to keep. A dated version never changes.

Format

Version "Latest" redirects to the newest version and will change when the publisher releases again. A dated version never changes.

https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/latest/data.xlsx

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In your own tools

Use it in Excel, R, Python and more

Excel and Power BI read the CSV from its address and refresh from it. The R and Python packages take any dataset on this site by its slug, so a new dataset needs no new release. The DuckDB file attaches read-only over HTTPS, and a query reads only the blocks it touches.

The dated URL in the code never changes. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/latest/ redirects to the newest version.

https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/latest/data.csv

In Excel choose Data, then From Web, and paste this address. Excel keeps it, so Refresh All reads the newest version. A sheet holds about a million rows; past that, load the query to the Data Model.

https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/latest/data.csv

In Power BI Desktop choose Get data, then Web, paste this address and choose Anonymous when asked how to sign in. A scheduled refresh reads the same address, so the report follows each new version.

library(publicdataau)
df <- pd_read("qld-public-dental-waiting-lists")
pd_attribution(df)

install.packages("publicdataau"). pd_read() fetches the version's Parquet file; pd_rows() and pd_aggregate() ask the query API instead, and pd_connect() attaches the DuckDB file.

import publicdata_au as pd_au
df = pd_au.read("qld-public-dental-waiting-lists")
df.attrs["publicdata"]["attribution"]

pip install "publicdata-au[pandas]". read() fetches the version's Parquet file; rows() and aggregate() ask the query API, and connect() attaches the DuckDB file.

INSTALL httpfs; LOAD httpfs;
ATTACH 'https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/data.duckdb' AS qld_public_dental_waiting_lists (READ_ONLY);
SELECT hospital_and_health_service, count(*) FROM qld_public_dental_waiting_lists.records GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 2 DESC;

The DuckDB file attaches read-only over HTTPS and only the blocks a query touches are read. Parquet works the same way: FROM read_parquet(url).

const res = await fetch("https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/aggregate?group=hospital_and_health_service&metric=sum.waiting_d1&wait_list=eq.General");
const { rows, publicdata } = await res.json();
console.log(rows, publicdata.attribution);

The query API answers a page on any site as well as Node, with no key. It returns the rows and the attribution the licence asks for.

What is in it

Column names are made snake_case and the publisher's original header is kept beside each one. Blank cells are null. Nothing is added, removed, ranked or summarised. Cells were typed and headers were made snake_case. Rows were left alone.

Field	Type	Publisher's header	Note
date	date	date	The date the waiting counts were taken, the last day of the quarter.
clinic_id	integer	clinicID
clinic_name	string	clinicName
hospital_and_health_service	string	Hospital and Health Service
wait_list	string	Area	The waiting list, such as General, Priority 1 or General Anaesthetic Category 2. The publisher heads this column Area.
waiting_d1	integer	Waiting D1	Clients waiting whose wait falls in the first band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ.
waiting_d2	integer	Waiting D2	Clients waiting whose wait falls in the second band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ.
waiting_d3	integer	Waiting D3	Clients waiting whose wait falls in the third band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ.
waiting_d4	integer	Waiting D4	Clients waiting whose wait falls in the fourth band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ.
waiting_d5	integer	Waiting D5	Clients waiting whose wait falls in the fifth band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ.
waiting_d6	integer	Waiting D6	Clients waiting whose wait falls in the sixth band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ.
waiting_d7	number	Waiting D7	The publisher's D7, the percentage within the recommended waiting time. The publisher writes a dash where the figure is unavailable or does not apply, and those cells are null.
treated_d1	integer	Treated D1	Clients treated whose wait falls in the first band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ.
treated_d2	integer	Treated D2	Clients treated whose wait falls in the second band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ.
treated_d3	integer	Treated D3	Clients treated whose wait falls in the third band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ.
treated_d4	integer	Treated D4	Clients treated whose wait falls in the fourth band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ.
treated_d5	integer	Treated D5	Clients treated whose wait falls in the fifth band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ.
treated_d6	integer	Treated D6	Clients treated whose wait falls in the sixth band for the list. The bands differ by list; see the FAQ.
treated_d7	number	Treated D7	The publisher's D7, the percentage within the recommended waiting time. The publisher writes a dash where the figure is unavailable or does not apply, and those cells are null.

Download this table as a data dictionary (Excel), or read it as a Frictionless Table Schema at schema.json. The key is clinic_id, wait_list.

A sample of 10 rows

The general care list at clinics in each Hospital and Health Service, with the services taking turns. A blank cell is shown as null.

date	clinic_id	clinic_name	hospital_and_health_service	wait_list	waiting_d1	waiting_d2	waiting_d7	treated_d1	treated_d2	treated_d3	treated_d7
2025-12-31	2	Caloundra Dental Clinic	Sunshine Coast	General	2000	1242	100	4	609	23	96
2025-12-31	6	Redcliffe Dental Clinic	Metro North	General	2154	1725	100	2	266	1	100
2025-12-31	8	Palm Beach Dental Clinic	Gold Coast	General	1296	1	100	251	83	1	100
2025-12-31	13	Bowen Dental Clinic	Mackay	General	774	165	100	14	72	0	100
2025-12-31	14	Ayr Dental Clinic	Townsville	General	254	76	100	0	59	0	100
2025-12-31	15	NW HHS Outreach	North West	General	119	74	100	14	1	0	100
2025-12-31	21	Mossman Dental Clinic	Cairns and Hinterland	General	425	0	100	11	99	0	100
2025-12-31	32	Rockhampton Dental Clinic	Central Queensland	General	3888	0	100	855	111	0	100
2025-12-31	42	Central West Dental Clinics	Central West	General	604	167	100	38	66	1	99
2025-12-31	44	Hervey Bay Dental Clinic	Wide Bay	General	3078	1393	100	2	831	1	100

The first row as JSON

As it appears in data.json.

GET https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/latest/data.json
{
  "date": "2025-12-31",
  "clinic_id": 2,
  "clinic_name": "Caloundra Dental Clinic",
  "hospital_and_health_service": "Sunshine Coast",
  "wait_list": "Clinical Assessment",
  "waiting_d1": 1,
  "waiting_d2": 0,
  "waiting_d3": 0,
  "waiting_d4": 0,
  "waiting_d5": 0,
  "waiting_d6": 0,
  "waiting_d7": 100.0,
  "treated_d1": 37,
  "treated_d2": 0,
  "treated_d3": 0,
  "treated_d4": 0,
  "treated_d5": 0,
  "treated_d6": 0,
  "treated_d7": 100.0
}

Query it without downloading

The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Build a query here and run it, then copy the URL or the code into your own work.

Try rows or aggregate for this dataset. The query builder needs JavaScript.

How filters work

Each filter is field=operator.value in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with ilike. Prefix not. to negate a filter, as not.eq.value.

Operator	What it matches
eq.value	Equal to the value.
neq.value	Not equal to the value. A blank cell does not match.
gt.value	Greater than the value.
gte.value	Greater than or equal to the value.
lt.value	Less than the value.
lte.value	Less than or equal to the value.
like.text	Matches a pattern where * stands for any run of characters. Case-sensitive.
ilike.text	The same as like, ignoring case.
in.(a,b,c)	Equal to any value in the list. A value cannot contain a comma.
is.null	Blank in the source, or suppressed by the publisher.

Parameter	What it does
select	Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent.
order	field.asc or field.desc, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent.
limit	Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent.
offset	Rows to skip. The next URL in each answer sets it for you.
group	On aggregate, fields to group by, comma-separated.
metric	On aggregate, count, sum.field, avg.field, min.field or max.field, comma-separated. count when absent.
format	json, ndjson or csv. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers.

Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put versions/<date>/ before rows or aggregate for an answer that never changes. /api/v1/datasets/<slug>/versions lists the loaded versions. The 1 newest version is loaded; versions lists them.

The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a Retry-After header, a RateLimit-Policy header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same RateLimit-Policy. A client should wait the Retry-After seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. openapi.json describes this dataset's query paths for client generators and agents.

https://publicdata.au/mcp is a remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP with the same tools, defined in the same place, so a tool added to the pages is added here too. It needs no key and no account. The row tools are held to the query API's limit of 60 queries in 10 seconds from one address, and each call is two queries because it also counts the matching rows. Add it to Claude Code with claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp, add the URL in Claude as a custom connector, or give it to any client that connects to remote MCP servers. Each queryable dataset is also a resource at https://publicdata.au/d/<slug>/fields.json, which lists its fields with their types, the publisher's descriptions, their ranges and the values they hold, so an agent can read a dataset's shape before it writes a query.

Smaller files

The same rows split by a field, one JSON file each. Each file carries the same provenance header.

By hospital_and_health_service (15 files)

Cairns and Hinterland Central Queensland Central West Darling Downs Gold Coast Mackay Metro North Metro South North West South West Sunshine Coast Torres and Cape Townsville West Moreton Wide Bay

by/hospital_and_health_service/index.json lists every file with its row count.

What changed

One version for every release the publisher has made since this site started following the dataset. The date is the day the file changed on the portal.

2026-03-30
428 rows19 fieldsxlsx31eac1759f6b

versions.json · changes.json · history.tar.zst (12 KB, every version's Parquet and manifest)

Questions

How do I download Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland as a CSV file?

Open https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same.

Can I open Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland in Excel?

Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 428 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size.

How often is Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland updated?

Queensland Health releases it quarterly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes.

Can I use Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland commercially?

Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file.

Is this the official source for Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland?

No. The publisher is Queensland Health, and its page is https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/public-dental-waiting-lists-2025-2026. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.xlsx with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared.

How do I get only the rows for one hospital and health service?

Every version has one JSON file per value of hospital_and_health_service, 15 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/by/hospital_and_health_service/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/by/hospital_and_health_service/metro-north.json holds the 52 rows where hospital_and_health_service is Metro North.

What this site did to the data. Cells were typed, headers were renamed and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. The publisher's file sits beside every version as source.xlsx so the change can be checked.

Attribution and citation

The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used.

Queensland Health, Queensland Government, Public dental waiting lists, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/public-dental-waiting-lists-2025-2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/v/2026-03-30/

The attribution alone is inside every file. Harvard is the author-date form a report or a brief asks for. Paste the HTML on a web page so the links carry.

Licence record

Queensland Health states the licence, CC BY 4.0, on its own page, which was read and recorded here on 1 October 2026.

Every fetch reads the licence again and stops when it has changed. The fetch that made version 2026-03-30 read it from www.data.qld.gov.au on 3 October 2026.

Also published on

Hugging Faceload_dataset("National-Digital/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists")
Kagglewith a starter notebook
ZenodoDOI 10.5281/zenodo.23122422

Each copy carries the same attribution and links back to this page.

For agents and tools

datapackage.jsonFrictionless data package pointing at the latest version
schema.jsonTable Schema for every field
schema.xlsxthe same field list as an Excel data dictionary
versions.jsonevery version with date, rows, fields and hash
changes.jsondiff for every consecutive pair
manifest.jsonwhere the bytes came from and when
Query APIfiltered rows and counts without a download
openapi.jsonOpenAPI 3.1 for this dataset's query paths
explore/charts and dashboards in the browser, shareable and embeddable
index.mdthis page as Markdown

This page carries a schema.org Dataset record and is listed in /.well-known/ard.json and /catalog.json.

Source

Queensland Health publishes this table on www.data.qld.gov.au. Questions about the content go to the publisher. Questions about the files here go to corrections.

Fetched 3 October 2026. Source SHA-256 31eac1759f6bf8e3…

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This page is built from register/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists.yaml on GitHub. Anyone can propose a fix to it, such as a clearer description or a field the publisher renamed, as a pull request.

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