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Other surgery in Northern Territory

Other 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: 1.

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
not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Median wait, Australia
24 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Waiting more than 365 days, Northern Territory
not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Waiting more than 365 days, Australia
2.6%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, Northern Territory
63 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, Australia
21,551 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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Other surgery: public hospitals in Northern Territory2024–25, released 19 August 2026
HospitalMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
Alice Springs Hospital46 daysRank 60th of 79 nationally1.9%Rank 33rd of 49 nationally54 surgeries
Gove Hospitalnot 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 figurenot published: too few patients
Katherine Hospitalnot 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 figurenot published: too few patients
Royal Darwin Hospitalnot 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 figure5 surgeries

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.

Other surgery: median wait by financial year2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
01020302012–132015–162018–192021–222024–25
  • Australia
  • Northern Territory
  • No figure published for this year. The table gives the reason.
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Other surgery: median wait by financial year2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearAustraliaNorthern Territory
2011–1225 days14 days
2012–1325 days9 days
2013–1423 days9 days
2014–1522 days9 days
2015–1621 days9 days
2016–1722 daysnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2017–1823 daysnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2018–1923 daysnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2019–2022 days14 days
2020–2127 days15 days
2021–2223 days11 days
2022–2325 days13 days
2023–2423 days15 days
2024–2524 daysnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure

All of Australia: Other 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/