Townsville University Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Townsville University Hospital is a public hospital in Queensland. It reported 15 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25.
Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed last and is never ranked.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coronary artery bypass grafting | 5 days | 158 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 36 days | 140 surgeries | 0.7% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 46 days | 148 surgeries | 0.7% |
| Cystoscopy | 56 days | 361 surgeries | 2.8% |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 64 days | 28 surgeries | not published |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | 84 days | 73 surgeries | 4.1% |
| Varicose veins treatment | 88 days | 109 surgeries | 2.8% |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 99 days | 434 surgeries | 2.3% |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 120 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 139 days | 177 surgeries | 11.9% |
| Total hip replacement | 171 days | 80 surgeries | 33.8% |
| Total knee replacement | 318 days | 142 surgeries | 39.4% |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | 376 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| Septoplasty | 426 days | 58 surgeries | 65.5% |
| Myringotomy | not published | not published | not published |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 18 days | 75% | 3989 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 83 days | 56% | 3198 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 319 days | 65% | 1400 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.