General surgery in Northern Territory
General surgery in Northern Territory: planned surgery waiting times at public hospitals, with the national figures beside them. Public hospitals in Northern Territory that published a median wait in 2024–25: 5.
A specialty covers many operations. Its figures describe all the patients treated under the specialty, and say nothing about one operation.
Figures for Northern Territory
Each tile shows the state figure and the national figure for the same measure. A state figure is never ranked.
- Median wait, Northern Territory
- 30 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Median wait, Australia
- 35 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Waiting more than 365 days, Northern Territory
- 2.9%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Waiting more than 365 days, Australia
- 2.8%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Northern Territory
- 1,166 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Australia
- 155,126 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Hospitals in Northern Territory
The shortest median wait comes first. A hospital with no published median wait follows, in name order, and has no rank.
A rank compares a 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.
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| Hospital | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Darwin Hospital | 27 daysRank 49th of 235 nationally | 3.2%Rank 160th of 214 nationally | 314 surgeries |
| Alice Springs Hospital | 29 daysRank 73rd of 235 nationally | 0.5%Rank 77th of 214 nationally | 575 surgeries |
| Katherine Hospital | 32 daysRank 92nd of 235 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 214 nationally | 79 surgeries |
| Palmerston Regional Hospital | 39 daysRank 117th of 235 nationally | 3.0%Rank 154th of 214 nationally | 133 surgeries |
| Gove Hospital | 174 daysRank 232nd of 235 nationally | 26.2%Rank 214th of 214 nationally | 65 surgeries |
How waits have changed
Each chart shows one figure 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.
The charts show Australia and Northern Territory.
- Australia
- Northern Territory
Show the figures as a table
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| Financial year | Australia | Northern Territory |
|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 31 days | 39 days |
| 2012–13 | 30 days | 34 days |
| 2013–14 | 30 days | 29 days |
| 2014–15 | 29 days | 28 days |
| 2015–16 | 30 days | 27 days |
| 2016–17 | 29 days | 23 days |
| 2017–18 | 30 days | 22 days |
| 2018–19 | 31 days | 24 days |
| 2019–20 | 30 days | 23 days |
| 2020–21 | 36 days | 27 days |
| 2021–22 | 30 days | 27 days |
| 2022–23 | 39 days | 30 days |
| 2023–24 | 34 days | 27 days |
| 2024–25 | 35 days | 30 days |
All of Australia: General surgery
Other states and territories
The same surgery in each state or territory with hospital figures.
What this page leaves out
Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.
Before you use these figures
Surgery Waits is not medical advice. Your general practitioner and your treating specialist can help you decide what is right for you.
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Where this data comes from
- 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/