Hospital Performance - Hospital Details

Townsville Hospital

Overview

Townsville is the largest city in regional Queensland and its 606-bed hospital is evolving to be a major tertiary hospital in North Queensland. It offers services in all major health specialities, including cardio-thoracic, ear, nose and throat surgery, eye surgery, gynaecological, neurosurgery, orthopaedic (bone), plastic, urological, and vascular surgeries as well as obstetrics, oncology, paediatrics, and a psychiatric unit.

Information for end of March 2013

Staffing

Indicators	Doctors	Nurses	Health practitioners / professional / technical
Staff	549	1,849	399
Change from June 2005	+100.55%	+67.44%	+85.4%

Performance Highlights

Attendances	Apr '13	6,072
Median wait (mins)	Apr '13	16

Operations	Apr '13	618
Median wait (days)	Dec '12 quarter	29

Admissions

Dec '12 quarter

15,393

	This hospital’s performance was better than or within range of the latest national performance.
	This hospital’s performance was out of range of the latest national performance, but not in the poorest performing group of hospitals.
	This hospital’s performance was in the poorest performing group of hospitals.
	The median value was not calculated for this hospital.

Infrastructure

Projects include:

$437M major redevelopment. Click here for more information on the four stages of the hospital's redevelopment.

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Related links
Townsville Hospital Website Our Performance MyHospitals Healthier Queensland

Did you know?
Queensland's emergency department attendances are the fastest growing in the country - growing 31% in 5 years.