WaitFinder

Gove Hospital surgery waiting times

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

Gove Hospital is a public hospital in Northern Territory. It reported 27 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 24 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.

Waiting times by surgery

Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.

Planned surgery at Gove Hospital, 2024–25. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Surgery Median wait Surgeries Waited more than 365 days
Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage 47 days 15 surgeries not published
Laparoscopy 77 days 10 surgeries not published
Skin lesion - excision of 125 days 21 surgeries not published
Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) 127 days 10 surgeries not published
Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) 226 days 56 surgeries 25.0%
Circumcision 369 days 31 surgeries not published
Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty 427 days 13 surgeries not published
Arthroscopy not published not published not published
Carpal tunnel release not published not published not published
Common peroneal nerve release not published not published not published
Curettage and evacuation of uterus not published not published not published
Dupytren's contracture release not published not published not published
Ectropion - correction of not published not published not published
Epididymal cyst - removal of not published not published not published
Female sterilisation not published not published not published
Ganglion - excision of not published not published not published
Herniorrhaphy not published not published not published
Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy not published 5 surgeries not published
Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) not published 6 surgeries not published
Myringotomy not published 7 surgeries not published
Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) not published not published not published
Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of not published not published not published
Pterygium - excision of not published 8 surgeries not published
Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy not published not published not published
Scar revision not published not published not published
Septoplasty not published not published not published
Toenail surgery not published not published not published
Adenoidectomy last reported 2016–17 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2022–23 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Bartholin's cyst - removal of last reported 2018–19 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy last reported 2020–21 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Breast prosthesis - removal of last reported 2023–24 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Breast reduction last reported 2018–19 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Cone biopsy last reported 2020–21 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Cystoscopy last reported 2019–20 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Dialysis access surgery last reported 2023–24 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Endometrial ablation last reported 2019–20 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Haemorrhoidectomy last reported 2022–23 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Hydrocele - repair of last reported 2020–21 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Orchidectomy last reported 2023–24 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Orchidopexy last reported 2019–20 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of last reported 2022–23 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Pilonidal sinus surgery last reported 2021–22 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Thyroglossal remnant - removal of last reported 2016–17 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) last reported 2014–15 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Trigger finger/thumb release last reported 2021–22 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Turbinectomy last reported 2023–24 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Ureteric stent - insertion of last reported 2019–20 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior last reported 2023–24 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Varicose veins treatment last reported 2014–15 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) last reported 2020–21 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period

Urgency categories

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.

All planned surgery at Gove Hospital by urgency category, 2024–25.
Urgency category Median wait Treated within the recommended time Surgeries
Urgent 7 days 77% 34 surgeries
Semi-urgent 99 days 46% 87 surgeries
Non-urgent 355 days 55% 91 surgeries

What is not here

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

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