Female sterilisation waiting time at Lyell McEwin Hospital
Half of patients at Lyell McEwin Hospital waited 355 days or less for female sterilisation in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Elizabeth Vale 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
- 355 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 53 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 48 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 45 days in 2016–17 to 355 days in 2024–25 — up 689% — while the national median rose from 74 days to 129 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Broken Hill Hospital, about 405 km away, at 98 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyell McEwin Hospital | 355 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 267 days | 18.9% | 350 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 41 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 77 days | 3.7% | 187 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 129 days | 11.5% | 1388 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 129 days marks the national median.
Broken Hill Hospital, NSW · about 405 km away: 98 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 560 km away: 5 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 645 km away: 145 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 658 km away: 114 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 663 km away: 77 days
Griffith Base Hospital, NSW · about 678 km away: 223 days
Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre, VIC · about 700 km away: 279 days
Northeast Health Wangaratta, VIC · about 714 km away: 29 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
- Lyell McEwin Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Lyell McEwin Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 45 | 47 | 74 |
| 2017–18 | 50 | 56 | 76 |
| 2018–19 | 49 | 56 | 78 |
| 2019–20 | 62 | 60 | 88 |
| 2020–21 | 70 | 70 | 112 |
| 2021–22 | 72 | 71 | 112 |
| 2022–23 | 55 | 59 | 102 |
| 2023–24 | 89 | not published | 118 |
| 2024–25 | 355 | not published | 129 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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