Surgery Waits

Fundoplication waiting time at Lyell McEwin Hospital

The median wait for fundoplication at this public hospital in the Elizabeth Vale area of South Australia was 121 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
121 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 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 84 days in 2017–18 to 121 days in 2024–25 — up 44% — while the national median rose from 83 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 32 km away, at 75 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Fundoplication, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Lyell McEwin Hospital121 daysnot published10 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)not publishednot published78 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)71 days5.5%201 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)90 days8.0%802 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 90 days marks the national median.

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

Median wait for fundoplication by financial year at Lyell McEwin Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Lyell McEwin Hospital 121SA 155Australia 90
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Fundoplication, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodLyell McEwin Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not publishednot published81
2017–1884not published83
2018–19not publishednot published82
2019–2089not published86
2020–2116198104
2021–22300121106
2022–23143155133
2023–24110not published104
2024–25121not published90

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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