Nephrectomy waiting time at Lyell McEwin Hospital

The median wait for nephrectomy at this public hospital in the Elizabeth Vale area of South Australia was 26 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: 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%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Nephrectomy, 2024–25.
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 HospitalSA · about 19 km away44 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 21 km away43 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 32 km away26 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 554 km away28 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 560 km away58 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 635 km away66 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 652 km away22 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 655 km away30 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.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Nephrectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
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.

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