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Hernia repair waiting times in Northern Territory

The median wait for hernia repair in Northern Territory public hospitals in 2024–25 is not published by the source (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 86 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Herniorrhaphy".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

The source splits hernia repair in two: this page covers "Herniorrhaphy" — hernias other than groin hernias, such as umbilical, femoral and incisional hernias — and groin hernias are on inguinal hernia repair.

5 public hospitals in Northern Territory reported hernia repair in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Herniorrhaphy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

3 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 86 days marks the national median.

Herniorrhaphy in Northern Territory public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Royal Darwin Hospital 50 days not published 22 surgeries
2 Alice Springs Hospital 70 days not published 41 surgeries
unranked Gove Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Katherine Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Palmerston Regional Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
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The median wait for hernia repair in Northern Territory public hospitals in 2024–25 is not published by the source (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Hernia repair waiting times in Northern Territory", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hernia-repair/nt/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hernia-repair/nt/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Northern Territory.