Kidney removal waiting time at Lyell McEwin Hospital
Half of patients at Lyell McEwin Hospital waited 26 days or less for kidney removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Nephrectomy". 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
- 26 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 68 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 57 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 56 days in 2016–17 to 26 days in 2024–25 — down 54% — while the national median rose from 26 days to 30 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Western Hospital [Footscray], about 652 km away, at 22 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.6%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Nephrectomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyell McEwin Hospital | 26 days | 0.0% | 68 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 2.8% | 253 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 0.0% | 746 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 30 days | 0.6% | 2721 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 30 days marks the national median.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 19 km away: 44 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 21 km away: 43 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 32 km away: 26 days
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 554 km away: 28 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 560 km away: 58 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 635 km away: 66 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 652 km away: 22 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 655 km away: 30 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 | 56 | not published | 26 |
| 2017–18 | 36 | 34 | 27 |
| 2018–19 | 56 | 30 | 28 |
| 2019–20 | 56 | 32 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 30 | 44 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 26 | 29 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 27 | 30 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 27 | 29 | 32 |
| 2024–25 | 26 | 28 | 30 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Lyell McEwin Hospital · Kidney removal across Australia · Kidney removal in South Australia · All surgery waits in South Australia