Surgery Waits

Female sterilisation waiting time at Royal Darwin Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for female sterilisation at this public hospital in the Tiwi area of Northern Territory, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

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

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

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Female sterilisation, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Darwin Hospitalnot publishednot publishednot published
Northern Territory (all public hospitals)not publishednot published23 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)129 days11.5%1388 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Royal Darwin Hospital did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for female sterilisation by financial year at Royal Darwin Hospital, compared with Northern Territory and Australiadays038751131502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Darwin Hospital 21NT 8Australia 129
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Female sterilisation, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Darwin Hospital (days)NT (days)Australia (days)
2016–1735not published74
2017–18716376
2018–19655678
2019–20213588
2020–21not published14112
2021–22not published8112
2022–23not publishednot published102
2023–24not publishednot published118
2024–25not publishednot published129

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

All surgery at Royal Darwin Hospital · Female sterilisation across Australia · Female sterilisation in Northern Territory