Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Royal Darwin Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as “Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy” — 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
- 41 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 43 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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 33 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 98 days in 2011–12 to 41 days in 2024–25 — down 58% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Palmerston Regional Hospital, about 19 km away, at 37 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Darwin Hospital | 41 days | not published | 43 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | 43 days | 0.8% | 118 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 73 days | 5.0% | 16694 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 98 | 73 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 67 | 52 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 44 | 42 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 64 | 54 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 61 | 55 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 39 | 36 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 41 | 37 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 57 | 46 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 79 | 73 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 66 | 35 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 75 | not published | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 48 | 50 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 27 | not published | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 41 | 43 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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