Spinal disc removal waiting time at Townsville University Hospital
Half of patients at Townsville University Hospital waited 33 days or less for spinal disc removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Discectomy". This public hospital is in the Douglas area of Queensland.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 33 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 56 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 30 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 11 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 81 days in 2016–17 to 33 days in 2024–25 — down 59% — while the national median stayed at 41 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 4.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Townsville University Hospital | 33 days | 0.0% | 56 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 37 days | 0.6% | 483 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 41 days | 4.5% | 1400 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 41 days marks the national median.
Cairns Hospital, QLD · about 288 km away: 42 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
- Townsville University Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Townsville University Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 81 | 31 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 54 | 28 | 42 |
| 2018–19 | 30 | 36 | 43 |
| 2019–20 | 45 | 43 | 49 |
| 2020–21 | 48 | 46 | 49 |
| 2021–22 | 54 | 45 | 49 |
| 2022–23 | 64 | 32 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | 31 | 37 | 48 |
| 2024–25 | 33 | 37 | 41 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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