Palmerston Regional Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Palmerston Regional Hospital is a public hospital in Northern Territory. It reported 51 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 20 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.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | 1 day | 113 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Fracture non-union - treatment of | 2 days | 25 surgeries | not published |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of | 15 days | 36 surgeries | not published |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 22 days | 128 surgeries | 0.8% |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 24 days | 177 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 36 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 37 days | 28 surgeries | not published |
| Stone/s urinary tract - removal of | 45 days | 36 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 49 days | 37 surgeries | not published |
| Cystoscopy | 50 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| Dialysis access surgery | 53 days | 20 surgeries | not published |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | 67 days | 57 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Prostate biopsy | 78 days | 23 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | 83 days | 29 surgeries | not published |
| Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) | 88 days | 20 surgeries | not published |
| Circumcision | 90 days | 22 surgeries | not published |
| Myringotomy | 110 days | 24 surgeries | not published |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 125 days | 23 surgeries | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 161 days | 370 surgeries | 11.9% |
| Pterygium - excision of | 181 days | 21 surgeries | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | 326 days | 21 surgeries | not published |
| Adenoidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Anal fissure - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Bartholin's cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Cone biopsy | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Dermoid cyst - removal of | 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 |
| Endometrial ablation | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Female sterilisation | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Ganglion - excision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Hydrocele - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | not published | not published | not published |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Lithotripsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Muscle or tendon length - change of | not published | not published | not published |
| Orchidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Orchidopexy | not published | not published | not published |
| Osteotomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of | not published | not published | not published |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Trabeculectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Turbinectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Urethra - dilatation of | not published | not published | not published |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior | not published | not published | not published |
| Varicose veins treatment | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) | not published | not published | not published |
| Amputation of limb last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Arthrodesis last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Axillary node dissection last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Blepharoplasty last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Common peroneal nerve release last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Examination of eye under anaesthesia last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Exostosis - excision of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Mastectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Mastoidectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ptosis - repair of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Rhinoplasty last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Scar revision last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tendon release last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Trigger finger/thumb release last reported 2023–24 | 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.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 15 days | 72% | 618 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 69 days | 64% | 541 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 294 days | 77% | 333 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.