Dialysis access surgery waiting time at Royal Darwin Hospital
The median wait for dialysis access surgery at this public hospital in the Tiwi area of Northern Territory was 32 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
- 32 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 71 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.4%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 75 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 68 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 10 days in 2016–17 to 32 days in 2024–25 — up 220% — while the national median rose from 12 days to 15 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 1.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.3%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Darwin Hospital | 32 days | 1.4% | 71 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 1.0% | 194 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 15 days | 0.3% | 5765 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Darwin Hospital
- NT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Darwin Hospital (days) | NT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 10 | not published | 12 |
| 2017–18 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 2018–19 | 15 | 12 | 14 |
| 2019–20 | 16 | 11 | 14 |
| 2020–21 | 23 | 18 | 13 |
| 2021–22 | 18 | 22 | 13 |
| 2022–23 | 18 | 24 | 15 |
| 2023–24 | 24 | 18 | 16 |
| 2024–25 | 32 | 19 | 15 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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