Hip replacement waiting time at Lyell McEwin Hospital

The median wait for hip replacement — published by the source as "Total hip replacement" — at this public hospital in the Elizabeth Vale area of South Australia was 85 days in 2024–25.

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: 85 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 35 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 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 346 days in 2011–12 to 85 days in 2024–25 — down 75% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 32 km away, at 63 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Total hip replacement, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Lyell McEwin Hospital	85 days	not published	35 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	97 days	8.2%	792 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	130 days	13.0%	12180 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.

Modbury HospitalSA · about 10 km away92 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 19 km away204 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 21 km away107 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 32 km away63 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 42 km away38 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 46 km away91 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 70 km away73 days
South Coast District HospitalSA · about 91 km away273 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Total hip replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Lyell McEwin Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	346	130	116
2012–13	120	108	116
2013–14	76	104	106
2014–15	86	117	109
2015–16	237	144	114
2016–17	115	174	110
2017–18	291	167	119
2018–19	100	137	119
2019–20	101	119	120
2020–21	135	165	179
2021–22	121	168	153
2022–23	190	127	175
2023–24	88	99	135
2024–25	85	97	130

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

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