Laparoscopy waiting time at Palmerston Regional Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for Laparoscopy at this public hospital, 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
- 83 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 29 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 149 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 86 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmerston Regional Hospital | 83 days | not published | 29 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 87 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 69 days | 5.4% | 9403 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not published | 47 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not published | 51 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not published | 57 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 128 | 47 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 53 | not published | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 55 | not published | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 110 | 71 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 83 | not published | 69 |
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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