Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) waiting time at Townsville University Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 120 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 10 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 126 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 80 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Townsville University Hospital	120 days	not published	10 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	84 days	8.3%	904 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	74 days	7.4%	9163 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 74 days marks the national median.

Cairns HospitalQLD · about 288 km away165 days
Mackay Base HospitalQLD · about 322 km away324 days
Rockhampton HospitalQLD · about 594 km away186 days
Gladstone HospitalQLD · about 685 km away180 days
Bundaberg Base HospitalQLD · about 843 km away71 days
Hervey Bay HospitalQLD · about 911 km away92 days
Kingaroy HospitalQLD · about 955 km away322 days
Gympie HospitalQLD · about 973 km away144 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Townsville University Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	85	55	53
2012–13	65	55	53
2013–14	74	56	52
2014–15	83	62	55
2015–16	71	54	52
2016–17	83	61	55
2017–18	84	67	57
2018–19	89	67	61
2019–20	70	76	63
2020–21	89	77	80
2021–22	76	82	74
2022–23	146	91	84
2023–24	172	89	77
2024–25	120	84	74

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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