Surgery Waits

Curettage and evacuation of uterus waiting time at Royal Darwin Hospital

The median wait for curettage and evacuation of uterus at this public hospital in the Tiwi area of Northern Territory was 3 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
3 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
39 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 81 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 19 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 6 days in 2016–17 to 3 days in 2024–25 — down 50% — while the national median rose from 3 days to 4 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Palmerston Regional Hospital, about 19 km away, at 1 day.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Curettage and evacuation of uterus, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Darwin Hospital3 daysnot published39 surgeries
Northern Territory (all public hospitals)1 day0.0%233 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)6 days0.0%2375 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)4 days0.1%8500 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 4 days marks the national median.

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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for curettage and evacuation of uterus by financial year at Royal Darwin Hospital, compared with Northern Territory and Australiadays024682016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Darwin Hospital 3NT 1Australia 4
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Curettage and evacuation of uterus, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Darwin Hospital (days)NT (days)Australia (days)
2016–17663
2017–18333
2018–19325
2019–20434
2020–21424
2021–22114
2022–23not published14
2023–24215
2024–25314

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Royal Darwin Hospital · Curettage and evacuation of uterus across Australia · Curettage and evacuation of uterus in Northern Territory