Ganglion cyst removal waiting time at Townsville University Hospital
Half of patients at Townsville University Hospital waited 104 days or less for ganglion cyst removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Ganglion - excision of". 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
- 104 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 42 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 101 days in 2016–17 to 104 days in 2024–25 — up 3% — while the national median rose from 69 days to 105 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Townsville University Hospital | 104 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 103 days | 10.7% | 233 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 105 days | 10.3% | 1191 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 105 days marks the national median.
Cairns Hospital, QLD · about 288 km away: 150 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 | 101 | 68 | 69 |
| 2017–18 | 284 | 88 | 75 |
| 2018–19 | 340 | 89 | 80 |
| 2019–20 | 93 | 94 | 91 |
| 2020–21 | 242 | 116 | 145 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 91 | 136 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 126 | 136 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 98 | 107 |
| 2024–25 | 104 | 103 | 105 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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