Adenoid removal waiting time at Flinders Medical Centre
Half of patients at Flinders Medical Centre waited 334 days or less for adenoid removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Adenoidectomy". This public hospital is in the Bedford Park area of South Australia.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 334 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 90 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 10.0%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 70 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 64 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 105 days in 2016–17 to 334 days in 2024–25 — up 218% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Women's and Children's Hospital, about 13 km away, at 112 days. Here, 10.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 15.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flinders Medical Centre | 334 days | 10.0% | 90 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 130 days | 13.4% | 329 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 144 days | 15.5% | 3784 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 144 days marks the national median.
Women's and Children's Hospital, SA · about 13 km away: 112 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 32 km away: 137 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 51 km away: 249 days
Riverland General Hospital, SA · about 204 km away: 29 days
Port Pirie Regional Health Service, SA · about 212 km away: 451 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Flinders Medical Centre
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Flinders Medical Centre (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 105 | 48 | 84 |
| 2017–18 | 134 | 72 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 145 | 55 | 97 |
| 2019–20 | 69 | 77 | 97 |
| 2020–21 | 110 | 84 | 207 |
| 2021–22 | 85 | 97 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 95 | 94 | 128 |
| 2023–24 | 112 | 112 | 148 |
| 2024–25 | 334 | 130 | 144 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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