Skin lesion removal waiting time at Townsville University Hospital
Half of patients at Townsville University Hospital waited 37 days or less for skin lesion removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Skin lesion - 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
- 37 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 727 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.4%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 214 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 152 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 28 days in 2016–17 to 37 days in 2024–25 — up 32% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Proserpine Hospital, about 225 km away, at 26 days. Here, 1.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Skin lesion - excision of" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Townsville University Hospital | 37 days | 1.4% | 727 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 0.7% | 17290 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 1.3% | 59852 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median.
Innisfail Hospital, QLD · about 215 km away: 56 days
Proserpine Hospital, QLD · about 225 km away: 26 days
Atherton Hospital, QLD · about 265 km away: 28 days
Cairns Hospital, QLD · about 288 km away: 20 days
Mareeba Hospital, QLD · about 295 km away: 29 days
Mackay Base Hospital, QLD · about 322 km away: 29 days
Emerald Hospital, QLD · about 488 km away: 20 days
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 | 28 | 24 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 27 | 25 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 28 | 25 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 28 | 24 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 50 | 25 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 40 | 23 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 67 | 26 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 48 | 26 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 37 | 26 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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