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
Katherine Hospital is a public hospital in the Katherine area of Northern Territory. It is part of 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.
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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.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 29 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| Circumcision | 51 days | 22 surgeries | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 53 days | 68 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 86 days | 112 surgeries | 1.8% |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | 391 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| Arthroscopy | not published | not published | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | not published | not published | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Cone biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Dupytren's contracture release | not published | not published | not published |
| Ectropion - correction of | not published | not published | not published |
| Endometrial ablation | not published | not published | not published |
| Female sterilisation | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | not published | not published | not published |
| Hydrocele - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Myringotomy | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) | not published | not published | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Pterygium - excision of | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Adenoidectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Axillary node dissection last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bartholin's cyst - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Common peroneal nerve release last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cystoscopy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dialysis access surgery last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ethmoidectomy last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Exostosis - excision of last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Functional endoscopic sinus surgery last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ganglion - excision of last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Lymphangioma - surgery for last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Mastectomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Mastoidectomy last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myomectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nasal polypectomy last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Orchidopexy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pyogenic granuloma - removal of last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Septoplasty last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Trigger finger/thumb release last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Turbinectomy last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Urethra - dilatation of last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
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.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 11 days | 71% | 63 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 72 days | 57% | 163 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 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.
Copy-ready citation
SurgeryWaits, "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.Attribution: SurgeryWaits (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.