Curettage and evacuation of uterus waiting time at Palmerston Regional Hospital
The median wait for curettage and evacuation of uterus at this public hospital in the Farrar area of Northern Territory was 1 day in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 1 day2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 113 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 81 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 1 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here is unchanged from 2018–19 (1 day) — while the national median fell from 5 days to 4 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 0.1%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmerston Regional Hospital | 1 day | 0.0% | 113 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | 1 day | 0.0% | 233 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 6 days | 0.0% | 2375 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 4 days | 0.1% | 8500 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.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
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 | 6 | 3 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 3 | 3 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021–22 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 1 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 1 | 5 |
| 2024–25 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Palmerston Regional Hospital · Curettage and evacuation of uterus across Australia · Curettage and evacuation of uterus in Northern Territory