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title: "Katherine Hospital surgery waiting times"
description: "Planned surgery waiting times and waiting list at Katherine Hospital, a public hospital in the Katherine area of Northern Territory, for 2024–25."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/"
---

# Katherine Hospital surgery waiting times

In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Katherine area of Northern Territory published median waits from **29 days** for dilatation and curettage to **391 days** for eardrum repair.

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

Katherine Hospital is a public hospital in the Katherine area of Northern Territory. It is part of [NT Regional Health Services](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/nt-regional-health-services/). It reported 28 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 31 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.

**[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick a surgery and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

## Waiting times by surgery

Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.

Planned surgery at Katherine Hospital, 2024–25. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 29 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| [Circumcision](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/circumcision/) | 51 days | 22 surgeries | not published |
| [Skin lesion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) | 53 days | 68 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/cataract-surgery/) | 86 days | 112 surgeries | 1.8% |
| [Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | 391 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| [Arthroscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/arthroscopy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Carpal tunnel release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Cone biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/cone-biopsy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Curettage and evacuation of uterus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/curettage-and-evacuation-of-uterus/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Dupytren's contracture release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Ectropion - correction of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/ectropion-correction-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Endometrial ablation](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/endometrial-ablation/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Female sterilisation](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/female-sterilisation/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Haemorrhoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/hernia-repair/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Hydrocele - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/hysterectomy/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Laparoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/laparoscopy/) | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| [Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/lletz-procedure/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Myringotomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/myringotomy/) | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| [Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/myringotomy-without-insertion-of-grommets/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Pilonidal sinus surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/pilonidal-sinus-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/grommets/) | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| [Pterygium - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/pterygium-excision-of/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Toenail surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/toenail-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published |

**Not reported for this period**

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adenoidectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Axillary node dissection last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Bartholin's cyst - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Common peroneal nerve release last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Cystoscopy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Dialysis access surgery last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Ethmoidectomy last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Exostosis - excision of last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Functional endoscopic sinus surgery last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Ganglion - excision of last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Lymphangioma - surgery for last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Mastectomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Mastoidectomy last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Myomectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Nasal polypectomy last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Orchidopexy last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Pyogenic granuloma - removal of last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Septoplasty last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Trigger finger/thumb release last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Turbinectomy last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Urethra - dilatation of last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |

## 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. [What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/)

All planned surgery at Katherine Hospital by urgency category, 2024–25.

| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-1/nt/) | 11 days | 71% | 63 surgeries |
| [Semi-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-2/nt/) | 72 days | 57% | 163 surgeries |
| [Non-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-3/nt/) | 87 days | 95% | 106 surgeries |

**Cite this page**

> In 2024–25, Katherine Hospital published median planned-surgery waits from 29 days for dilatation and curettage to 391 days for eardrum repair (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Katherine Hospital surgery wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/katherine-hospital/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

## What is not here

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

[How these figures are put together](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/) · [All surgery waits in Northern Territory](https://surgerywaits.au/state/nt/) · [All hospitals](https://surgerywaits.au/hospitals/)

## Before you use these figures

Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you.

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Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations.

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