Cystoscopy waiting time at Royal Darwin Hospital
The median wait for cystoscopy at this public hospital in the Tiwi area of Northern Territory was 28 days 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
- 28 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 61 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.6%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 131 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 59 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 41 days in 2011–12 to 28 days in 2024–25 — down 32% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 1.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Darwin Hospital | 28 days | 1.6% | 61 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | 39 days | 1.9% | 155 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 1.3% | 57307 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.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Darwin Hospital
- NT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Darwin Hospital (days) | NT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 41 | 48 | 25 |
| 2012–13 | 43 | 50 | 23 |
| 2013–14 | 40 | 47 | 23 |
| 2014–15 | 34 | 42 | 22 |
| 2015–16 | 31 | 38 | 23 |
| 2016–17 | 39 | not published | 24 |
| 2017–18 | 22 | 25 | 24 |
| 2018–19 | 20 | 21 | 24 |
| 2019–20 | 22 | 25 | 23 |
| 2020–21 | 36 | 39 | 26 |
| 2021–22 | 54 | 50 | 24 |
| 2022–23 | 34 | 34 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 35 | 33 | 25 |
| 2024–25 | 28 | 39 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Darwin Hospital · Cystoscopy across Australia · Cystoscopy in Northern Territory