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Cranioplasty waiting time at Townsville University Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Cranioplasty 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

Median wait
64 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
10 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 15 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Cranioplasty, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Townsville University Hospital64 daysnot published10 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)not publishednot published99 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)41 days2.0%352 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

No other public hospital within 1,000 km published a figure for this surgery in this period.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Cranioplasty by financial year at Townsville University Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Townsville University Hospital 64QLD 58Australia 41
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Cranioplasty, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodTownsville University Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not publishednot published45
2017–18not publishednot published35
2018–19not publishednot published29
2019–2029not published29
2020–21not publishednot published39
2021–2221not published29
2022–23298350
2023–24505848
2024–2564not published41

Queensland's quarterly figures for neurosurgery

These are not figures for cranioplasty. 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 Townsville.

Patients treated
124 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time
83.9%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter
135 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended
9 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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