Breast implant removal waiting time at Flinders Medical Centre
Half of patients at Flinders Medical Centre waited 141 days or less for breast implant removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Breast prosthesis - removal of". 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
- 141 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 15 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 22 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], about 649 km away, at 119 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Breast prosthesis - removal of" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flinders Medical Centre | 141 days | not published | 15 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 61 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 150 days | 22.1% | 122 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 96 days | 14.5% | 708 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 96 days marks the national median.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 16 km away: 243 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 649 km away: 119 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 649 km away: 179 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 654 km away: 363 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood], VIC · about 673 km away: 153 days
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.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
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 | not published | not published | 59 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 64 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 75 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 81 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 86 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 101 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 126 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 111 |
| 2024–25 | 141 | not published | 96 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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