Gove Hospital surgery waiting times
In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Nhulunbuy area of Northern Territory published median waits from 47 days for dilatation and curettage to 427 days for eardrum repair.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Gove Hospital is a public hospital in the Nhulunbuy area of Northern Territory. It is part of NT Regional Health Services. It reported 27 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 24 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
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Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 47 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | 77 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 125 days | 21 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 127 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 226 days | 56 surgeries | 25.0% |
| Circumcision | 369 days | 31 surgeries | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | 427 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Arthroscopy | not published | not published | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | not published | not published | not published |
| Common peroneal nerve release | not published | not published | not published |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | not published | not published | not published |
| Dupytren's contracture release | not published | not published | not published |
| Ectropion - correction of | not published | not published | not published |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Female sterilisation | not published | not published | not published |
| Ganglion - excision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | not published | not published | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Myringotomy | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) | not published | not published | not published |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of | not published | not published | not published |
| Pterygium - excision of | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Scar revision | not published | not published | not published |
| Septoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Adenoidectomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bartholin's cyst - removal of last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast prosthesis - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast reduction last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cone biopsy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cystoscopy last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dialysis access surgery last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Endometrial ablation last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Haemorrhoidectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hydrocele - repair of last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Orchidectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Orchidopexy last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Thyroglossal remnant - removal of last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) last reported 2014–15 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Trigger finger/thumb release last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Turbinectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2014–15 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose. What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 7 days | 77% | 34 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 99 days | 46% | 87 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 355 days | 55% | 91 surgeries |
Cite this page
In 2024–25, Gove Hospital published median planned-surgery waits from 47 days for dilatation and curettage to 427 days for eardrum repair.
Copy-ready citation
Surgery Waits, "Gove Hospital surgery wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gove-hospital/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gove-hospital/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
What is not here
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