Royal Darwin Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Royal Darwin Hospital is a public hospital in Northern Territory. It reported 14 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25.
Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed last and is never ranked.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 26 days | 52 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Cystoscopy | 28 days | 61 surgeries | 1.6% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 41 days | 43 surgeries | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 44 days | 66 surgeries | 3.0% |
| Myringotomy | 52 days | 41 surgeries | not published |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | 54 days | 43 surgeries | not published |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 88 days | 64 surgeries | 10.9% |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 155 days | 136 surgeries | 21.3% |
| Total hip replacement | 381 days | 31 surgeries | not published |
| Total knee replacement | 406 days | 63 surgeries | 58.7% |
| Septoplasty | 426 days | 34 surgeries | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | 767 days | 30 surgeries | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Varicose veins treatment | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 18 days | 69% | 1295 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 78 days | 57% | 722 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 316 days | 58% | 375 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.