Haemorrhoid surgery waiting time at Palmerston Regional Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for haemorrhoid surgery — published by the source as “Haemorrhoidectomy” — at this public hospital in the Farrar area of Northern Territory, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
- Median wait
- 36 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 109 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 26 days in 2018–19 to 36 days in 2024–25 — up 38% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 63 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmerston Regional Hospital | 36 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 30 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 63 days | 2.6% | 4759 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
No other public hospital within 1,000 km published a figure for this surgery in this period.
How the wait has changed
- Palmerston Regional Hospital
- NT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Palmerston Regional Hospital (days) | NT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 131 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 75 | 59 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 70 | 59 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 32 | 56 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 37 | 54 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 24 | 49 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 24 | 47 |
| 2018–19 | 26 | 26 | 49 |
| 2019–20 | 21 | 24 | 57 |
| 2020–21 | 33 | 33 | 70 |
| 2021–22 | 28 | 28 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 40 | 39 | 90 |
| 2023–24 | 48 | not published | 67 |
| 2024–25 | 36 | not published | 63 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Palmerston Regional Hospital · Haemorrhoid surgery across Australia · Haemorrhoid surgery in Northern Territory