Prostate biopsy waiting time at Flinders Medical Centre
Half of patients at Flinders Medical Centre waited 24 days or less for prostate biopsy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
- 24 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 100 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.0%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 90 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 20 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 49 days in 2017–18 to 24 days in 2024–25 — down 51% — while the national median rose from 29 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Clare Hospital, about 133 km away, at 15 days. Here, 1.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flinders Medical Centre | 24 days | 1.0% | 100 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 42 days | 1.9% | 1286 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 0.4% | 11402 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 33 days marks the national median.
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 11 km away: 75 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 15 km away: 25 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 16 km away: 64 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 24 km away: 30 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 32 km away: 30 days
South Coast District Hospital, SA · about 60 km away: 25 days
Clare Hospital, SA · about 133 km away: 15 days
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo), SA · about 149 km away: 30 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 | not reported for this period | 37 | 27 |
| 2017–18 | 49 | 40 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 33 | 29 | 29 |
| 2019–20 | 22 | 37 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 25 | 64 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 29 | 44 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 26 | 41 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 26 | 39 | 29 |
| 2024–25 | 24 | 42 | 33 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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