Fracture non-union - treatment of waiting time at Townsville University Hospital
The median wait for fracture non-union - treatment of at this public hospital in the Douglas area of Queensland was 14 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
- 14 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 28 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 47 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 39 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 4 days in 2016–17 to 14 days in 2024–25 — up 250% — while the national median rose from 4 days to 5 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 | 14 days | not published | 28 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 8 days | 0.6% | 1073 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 5 days | 0.6% | 3596 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 2017–18 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 2018–19 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| 2019–20 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| 2020–21 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| 2021–22 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 2022–23 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| 2024–25 | 14 | 8 | 5 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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