Carotid artery plaque removal waiting time at Flinders Medical Centre
Half of patients at Flinders Medical Centre waited 18 days or less for carotid artery plaque removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Carotid endarterectomy". 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
- 18 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 27 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 22 days in 2017–18 to 18 days in 2024–25 — down 18% — while the national median rose from 13 days to 20 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Western Hospital [Footscray], about 644 km away, at 17 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flinders Medical Centre | 18 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 23 days | 0.3% | 355 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 18 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 1.6% | 128 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.6% | 702 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 20 days marks the national median.
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 551 km away: 20 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 623 km away: 26 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 644 km away: 17 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 649 km away: 22 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 651 km away: 8 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 663 km away: 13 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 681 km away: 27 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 800 km away: 23 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 | 11 |
| 2017–18 | 22 | not published | 13 |
| 2018–19 | 23 | not published | 19 |
| 2019–20 | 54 | not published | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 28 | not published | 20 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 16 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 18 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 18 |
| 2024–25 | 18 | not published | 20 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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