Category 2 (semi-urgent) waiting times in Northern Territory
Of the 5 public hospitals that published a figure for 2024–25, the share treated on time ranged from 64% at Palmerston Regional Hospital down to 46% at Gove Hospital.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Category 2 (semi-urgent) means surgery is recommended within 90 days of being placed on the waiting list. Surgery for a condition causing pain, dysfunction or disability, but unlikely to deteriorate quickly. The table ranks Northern Territory's public hospitals by the share of semi-urgent patients treated within that time in 2024–25.
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures.
| Rank | Hospital | Treated on time | Median wait | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palmerston Regional Hospital | 64% | 69 days | 541 surgeries |
| 2 | Alice Springs Hospital | 61% | 63 days | 1013 surgeries |
| 3 | Katherine Hospital | 57% | 72 days | 163 surgeries |
| 3 | Royal Darwin Hospital | 57% | 78 days | 722 surgeries |
| 5 | Gove Hospital | 46% | 99 days | 87 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
Compare with every state's hospitals, see Northern Territory's waiting times by surgery, or start from what the urgency categories mean.