Tonsillectomy waiting times in Northern Territory

Public hospitals in Northern Territory ranked by their median wait for tonsillectomy, published by the source as “Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)”.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

3 public hospitals in Northern Territory reported tonsillectomy in 2024–25. The state median was 116 days; the national median was 182 days.

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Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 182 days marks the national median.

Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) in Northern Territory public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Royal Darwin Hospital	88 days	10.9%	64 surgeries
2	Palmerston Regional Hospital	125 days	not published	23 surgeries
3	Alice Springs Hospital	132 days	10.0%	50 surgeries

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Northern Territory.