Cataract surgery waiting time at Gove Hospital
Half of patients at Gove Hospital waited 226 days or less for cataract surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)". This public hospital is in the Nhulunbuy area of Northern Territory.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 226 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 56 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 25.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 132 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 100 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 132 days in 2011–12 to 226 days in 2024–25 — up 71% — while the national median rose from 89 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Katherine Hospital, about 548 km away, at 86 days. Here, 25.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 11.5%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gove Hospital | 226 days | 25.0% | 56 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | 162 days | 20.4% | 921 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 82 days | 1.9% | 8868 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 82 days | 5.1% | 12672 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 106 days | 11.5% | 87841 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 106 days marks the national median.
Katherine Hospital, NT · about 548 km away: 86 days
Weipa Hospital, QLD · about 556 km away: 5 days
Thursday Island Hospital, QLD · about 618 km away: 4 days
Palmerston Regional Hospital, NT · about 628 km away: 161 days
Royal Darwin Hospital, NT · about 641 km away: 155 days
Kununurra Hospital, WA · about 955 km away: 258 days
Mount Isa Base Hospital, QLD · about 993 km away: 193 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Gove Hospital
- NT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Gove Hospital (days) | NT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 132 | 168 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 173 | 156 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 145 | 116 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 169 | 143 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 150 | 158 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 163 | 117 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 300 | 71 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 118 | 82 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 145 | 96 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 43 | 118 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 202 | 200 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 306 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 203 | 217 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 226 | 162 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Gove Hospital · Cataract surgery across Australia · Cataract surgery in Northern Territory · All surgery waits in Northern Territory