Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting times in Northern Territory

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

5 public hospitals in Northern Territory reported Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) in 2024–25. The state median was 42 days; the national median was 48 days.

1 hospital has no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 48 days marks the national median.

Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) in Northern Territory public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Royal Darwin Hospital	26 days	0.0%	52 surgeries
2	Palmerston Regional Hospital	49 days	not published	37 surgeries
3	Alice Springs Hospital	56 days	not published	13 surgeries
4	Gove Hospital	127 days	not published	10 surgeries
unranked	Katherine Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state.