Laminectomy waiting time at Flinders Medical Centre
The median wait for laminectomy at this public hospital in the Bedford Park area of South Australia was 92 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 92 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 52 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.9%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 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 100 days in 2016–17 to 92 days in 2024–25 — down 8% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 66 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Western Hospital [Footscray], about 644 km away, at 70 days. Here, 1.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flinders Medical Centre | 92 days | 1.9% | 52 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 87 days | 14.0% | 609 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 90 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 53 days | 3.7% | 459 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 66 days | 7.4% | 1772 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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.
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 | 100 | not published | 57 |
| 2017–18 | 64 | not published | 68 |
| 2018–19 | 31 | not published | 73 |
| 2019–20 | 44 | not published | 69 |
| 2020–21 | 75 | 68 | 70 |
| 2021–22 | 55 | not published | 70 |
| 2022–23 | 90 | 76 | 92 |
| 2023–24 | 89 | not published | 68 |
| 2024–25 | 92 | not published | 66 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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