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Neck disc removal and fusion at Royal Darwin Hospital

Royal Darwin Hospital is a public hospital in the Tiwi area, Northern Territory. This page shows its waiting times for Neck disc removal and fusion in 2024–25, beside the figures for Northern Territory and for Australia.

The source publishes this surgery as "Cervical discectomy and fusion".

Figures for this hospital

Each tile shows one figure for Neck disc removal and fusion at Royal Darwin Hospital.

A rank compares this hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.

Median wait, Royal Darwin Hospital
14 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Rank1st of 23 nationally

Change on the year before+2 days

Waiting more than 365 days, Royal Darwin Hospital
not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, Royal Darwin Hospital
11 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Compared with the state and Australia

The state and national rows cover every public hospital that reported Neck disc removal and fusion. They are never ranked.

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Neck disc removal and fusion: Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory and Australia2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Who the figures coverMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
Royal Darwin Hospital14 daysnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure11 surgeries
Northern Territory (all public hospitals)not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure11 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)94 days12.9%1,076 surgeries

Shorter waits nearby

Royal Darwin Hospital has 8 public hospitals on its list of nearby public hospitals. No hospital on that list published a shorter median wait for Neck disc removal and fusion in 2024–25.

How this hospital's wait has changed

The median wait for Neck disc removal and fusion at Royal Darwin Hospital has fallen from 17 days in 2019–20 to 14 days in 2024–25. The earlier figure is from 2019–20, released 19 August 2026, and the latest is from 2024–25, released 19 August 2026.

Each chart shows the median wait for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.

Neck disc removal and fusion: median wait by financial year, Royal Darwin Hospital and Northern Territory2018–19 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
0501001502018–192020–212022–232024–25
  • Royal Darwin Hospital
  • Northern Territory
  • No figure published for this year. The table gives the reason.
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Neck disc removal and fusion: median wait by financial year, Royal Darwin Hospital and Northern Territory2018–19 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearRoyal Darwin HospitalNorthern Territory
2018–19not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2019–2017 daysnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2020–21121 daysnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2021–22not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2022–23146 daysnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2023–2412 daysnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2024–2514 daysnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
Neck disc removal and fusion: median wait by financial year, Australia2016–17 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
0501001502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25
  • Australia
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Neck disc removal and fusion: median wait by financial year, Australia2016–17 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearAustralia
2016–1766 days
2017–1867 days
2018–1976 days
2019–2080 days
2020–2190 days
2021–2283 days
2022–23139 days
2023–24111 days
2024–2594 days

All planned surgery at Royal Darwin Hospital

Neck disc removal and fusion at every public hospital in Australia

Neck disc removal and fusion in Northern Territory

What this page leaves out

Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.

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Where this data comes from

  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and intended procedure, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-procedure/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/