Pressure on Queensland's health system has eased with patient numbers dropping and wait times improving, according to the latest health performance data.
Hospital emergency departments treated more than 550,000 patients in the September quarter, down 12 per cent on the July quarter, the report released on Monday reveals.
All of the most seriously injured patients were seen by clinicians within two minutes, and the overall median wait time was 17 minutes.
Almost seven out of 10 patients were treated within clinical wait times.
Queensland Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said the improvements were encouraging.
"To see these improvements in hospital performance during a quarter heavily impacted by COVID and flu is encouraging," the minister said.
Meanwhile, the number of people receiving elective surgery in Queensland public hospitals increased by two per cent, with 33,016 procedures carried out.
"This builds on the strong elective surgery performance from the June 2022 quarter, which saw a 40 per cent increase in activity," Ms D'Ath said.
"Almost 90 per cent of the most urgent Category 1 elective surgery patients were seen within clinically recommended times."
