Coronary artery bypass grafting waiting time at Townsville University Hospital
The median wait for coronary artery bypass grafting at this public hospital in the Douglas area of Queensland was 5 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 5 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 158 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 23 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 22 days in 2011–12 to 5 days in 2024–25 — down 77% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 19 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.1%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Townsville University Hospital | 5 days | 0.0% | 158 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 11 days | 0.0% | 544 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 0.1% | 2719 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
No other public hospital within 1,000 km published a figure for this surgery in this period.
How the wait has changed
- Townsville University Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Townsville University Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 22 | 8 | 16 |
| 2012–13 | 14 | 8 | 16 |
| 2013–14 | 28 | 10 | 18 |
| 2014–15 | 15 | 8 | 14 |
| 2015–16 | 8 | 7 | 13 |
| 2016–17 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2017–18 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 2018–19 | 7 | 8 | 17 |
| 2019–20 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| 2020–21 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 7 | 13 | 19 |
| 2022–23 | 6 | 14 | 19 |
| 2023–24 | 5 | 15 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 5 | 11 | 19 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for cardio-thoracic surgery
These are not figures for coronary artery bypass grafting. Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.
Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.
Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Townsville.
- Patients treated
- 109 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 64.2%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 62 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 14 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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