Surgery Waits

Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy waiting time at Royal Darwin Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy 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 Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Darwin Hospitalnot publishednot publishednot published
Northern Territory (all public hospitals)not publishednot publishednot published
Australia (all public hospitals)17 days0.0%1875 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 lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy by financial year at Royal Darwin Hospital, compared with Northern Territory and Australiadays051015202016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Darwin Hospital 8Australia 17
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Darwin Hospital (days)NT (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not publishednot published13
2017–1814not published13
2018–1917not published15
2019–2016not published14
2020–21not publishednot published13
2021–229not published14
2022–238not published15
2023–24not publishednot published16
2024–25not publishednot published17

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

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