Find NT hospital healthcare data

You can find Northern Territory (NT) hospital's statistics, data and reports on the Australian Government's Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) website.

Emergency department waiting times

When visiting an emergency department (ED), the time it takes to receive medical care depends on the urgency of your condition, not the order of arrival.

Patients are prioritised based on the severity of their condition according to 5 categories:

• Resuscitation, immediate care required - seen within seconds.
• Emergency, severe conditions - seen within 10 minutes.
• Urgent, serious but stable conditions - seen within 30 minutes.
• Semi-urgent, moderate conditions - seen within 60 minutes.
• Non-urgent, minor conditions - seen within 120 minutes.

Go to the AIHW website to find past statics and waiting times in emergency departments.

Elective surgery

Elective surgeries are planned surgeries that can be schedule ahead of time. They are medically necessary and may be urgent but are different to emergency surgeries.

The AIHW reports on elective surgeries in public hospitals, although most elective surgeries are done in private hospitals.

The waiting times shown are for patients who have already had their surgery. This means the data doesn’t show how many or how long people are still waiting.

Go to the AIHW website to find past elective surgery waiting times in public hospitals.

Safety and quality

Hospitals check the safety and quality of their care through audits and data collection methods.

The AIHW provides information on:

• infections that happen in hospitals
• how often staff wash their hands properly
• complications that happen while in hospital
• problems that start during a hospital stay
• hospital stays that possibly could have been avoided.

Go to the AIHW website to find past data on the safety and quality of public hospital care.

Admitted patients

Data is collected about hospitalisations in public and private hospitals for people who need treatment and care. Types of care provided to admitted patients include:

• surgical
• medical
• intensive
• newborn
• rehabilitation
• palliative
• mental health.

The AIHW provides information on:

• how much activity there was from admitted patients
• population groups who were admitted
• why people were admitted
• what services were provided to admitted patients
• what procedures were done when admitted
• costs and funding for admitted patients
• safety and quality of health systems around admitted patients.

Go to the AIHW website to find past data on admitted patients.