Dilatation and curettage waiting time at Royal Darwin Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for dilatation and curettage — published by the source as “Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage” — at this public hospital in the Tiwi 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
- 13 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 121 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 158 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 19 days in 2016–17 to 13 days in 2024–25 — down 32% — while the national median rose from 23 days to 28 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Darwin Hospital | 13 days | 0.0% | 121 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 0.2% | 414 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.9% | 36667 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
- Royal Darwin Hospital
- NT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Darwin Hospital (days) | NT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 19 | 19 | 23 |
| 2017–18 | 14 | 19 | 26 |
| 2018–19 | 13 | 19 | 27 |
| 2019–20 | 9 | 15 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 9 | 17 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 7 | 16 | 27 |
| 2022–23 | 5 | 16 | 28 |
| 2023–24 | 5 | 21 | 28 |
| 2024–25 | 13 | 19 | 28 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Darwin Hospital · Dilatation and curettage across Australia · Dilatation and curettage in Northern Territory