Category 1 (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 88% at Alice Springs Hospital down to 69% at Royal Darwin Hospital.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Category 1 (urgent) means surgery is recommended within 30 days of being placed on the waiting list. Surgery that is clinically urgent: the condition can deteriorate quickly enough to become an emergency. The table ranks Northern Territory's public hospitals by the share of 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 | Alice Springs Hospital | 88% | 9 days | 719 surgeries |
| 2 | Gove Hospital | 77% | 7 days | 34 surgeries |
| 3 | Palmerston Regional Hospital | 72% | 15 days | 618 surgeries |
| 4 | Katherine Hospital | 71% | 11 days | 63 surgeries |
| 5 | Royal Darwin Hospital | 69% | 18 days | 1295 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.