Inguinal hernia repair waiting times in Northern Territory
Public hospitals in Northern Territory ranked by their median wait for inguinal hernia repair, published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
The source splits hernia repair in two: this page covers "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — groin hernias — and every other hernia, such as umbilical, femoral and incisional hernias, is on hernia repair.
5 public hospitals in Northern Territory reported inguinal hernia repair in 2024–25. The state median was 43 days; the national median was 73 days.
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2 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.
| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palmerston Regional Hospital | 37 days | not published | 28 surgeries |
| 2 | Royal Darwin Hospital | 41 days | not published | 43 surgeries |
| 3 | Alice Springs Hospital | 49 days | not published | 36 surgeries |
| unranked | Gove Hospital | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | Katherine Hospital | not published | not published | 6 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.