Hysterectomy waiting time at Lyell McEwin Hospital

The median wait for hysterectomy — published by the source as "Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)" — at this public hospital in the Elizabeth Vale area of South Australia was 166 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: 166 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 101 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 26.7%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 126 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 97 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 111 days in 2011–12 to 166 days in 2024–25 — up 50% — while the national median rose from 53 days to 74 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gawler Health Service, about 19 km away, at 103 days. Here, 26.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Lyell McEwin Hospital	166 days	26.7%	101 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	80 days	9.3%	819 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	74 days	7.4%	9163 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 74 days marks the national median.

Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 19 km away103 days
Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 19 km away106 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 19 km away112 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 21 km away21 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 32 km away65 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 42 km away193 days
Whyalla Hospital and Health ServicesSA · about 215 km away57 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 Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Lyell McEwin Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	111	40	53
2012–13	100	42	53
2013–14	80	47	52
2014–15	89	46	55
2015–16	84	45	52
2016–17	272	37	55
2017–18	208	50	57
2018–19	106	56	61
2019–20	300	57	63
2020–21	132	78	80
2021–22	153	75	74
2022–23	109	70	84
2023–24	96	64	77
2024–25	166	80	74

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

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