Hysterectomy waiting time at Royal Darwin Hospital
The median wait for hysterectomy — published by the source as "Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)" — at this public hospital in the Tiwi area of Northern Territory was 44 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
- 44 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 66 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 3.0%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 126 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 27 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 76 days in 2011–12 to 44 days in 2024–25 — down 42% — while the national median rose from 53 days to 74 days. Here, 3.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Darwin Hospital | 44 days | 3.0% | 66 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 91 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 74 days | 7.4% | 9163 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
No other public hospital within 1,000 km published a figure for this surgery in this period.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 76 | not published | 53 |
| 2012–13 | 77 | not published | 53 |
| 2013–14 | 81 | not published | 52 |
| 2014–15 | 152 | not published | 55 |
| 2015–16 | 74 | not published | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 84 | not published | 55 |
| 2017–18 | 20 | not published | 57 |
| 2018–19 | 61 | not published | 61 |
| 2019–20 | 52 | 54 | 63 |
| 2020–21 | 34 | 47 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 27 | not published | 74 |
| 2022–23 | 20 | 30 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 117 | not published | 77 |
| 2024–25 | 44 | not published | 74 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Darwin Hospital · Hysterectomy across Australia · Hysterectomy in Northern Territory