Dilatation and curettage waiting time at Townsville University Hospital
The median wait for dilatation and curettage — published by the source as "Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage" — at this public hospital in the Douglas area of Queensland was 25 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
- 25 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 332 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.6%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 158 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 54 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 47 days in 2016–17 to 25 days in 2024–25 — down 47% — while the national median rose from 23 days to 28 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Townsville University Hospital | 25 days | 0.6% | 332 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.5% | 7886 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.9% | 36667 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 47 | 27 | 23 |
| 2017–18 | 53 | 30 | 26 |
| 2018–19 | 30 | 29 | 27 |
| 2019–20 | 28 | 27 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 56 | 29 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 28 | 27 | 27 |
| 2022–23 | 31 | 27 | 28 |
| 2023–24 | 30 | 28 | 28 |
| 2024–25 | 25 | 28 | 28 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for gynaecology
These are not figures for hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage. 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
- 309 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 81.9%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 586 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 44 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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