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Tonsillectomy waiting times in Northern Territory

The median wait for tonsillectomy in Northern Territory public hospitals was 116 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 182 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)".

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

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

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Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 182 days marks the national median.

Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) 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 88 days 10.9% 64 surgeries
2 Palmerston Regional Hospital 125 days not published 23 surgeries
3 Alice Springs Hospital 132 days 10.0% 50 surgeries
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The median wait for tonsillectomy in Northern Territory public hospitals was 116 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/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.