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Pilonidal sinus surgery waiting time at Mackay Base Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Pilonidal sinus surgery at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — too few
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Pilonidal sinus surgery, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Mackay Base Hospitalnot publishednot publishednot published
Queensland (all public hospitals)not publishednot published49 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)65 days3.4%1265 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Mackay Base Hospital did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Pilonidal sinus surgery by financial year at Mackay Base Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Mackay Base Hospital 55QLD 73Australia 65
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Median wait in days for Pilonidal sinus surgery, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodMackay Base Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17736655
2017–18717461
2018–19557363
2019–20not publishednot published67
2020–21not publishednot published83
2021–22not publishednot published93
2022–23not publishednot published94
2023–24not reported for this periodnot published70
2024–25not publishednot published65

Queensland's quarterly figures for general surgery

These are not figures for pilonidal sinus surgery. 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 Mackay.

Patients treated
319 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time
58.9%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter
430 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended
129 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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