Prostate surgery waiting time at Modbury Hospital
Half of patients at Modbury Hospital waited 30 days or less for prostate surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)". This public hospital is in the Modbury 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
- 30 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 105 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.0%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 103 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 42 days in 2011–12 to 30 days in 2024–25 — down 29% — while the national median rose from 42 days to 55 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Lyell McEwin Hospital, about 10 km away, at 23 days. Here, 1.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 4.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modbury Hospital | 30 days | 1.0% | 105 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 60 days | 3.9% | 675 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 55 days | 4.0% | 8810 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 55 days marks the national median.
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 10 km away: 23 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 13 km away: 100 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 15 km away: 79 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 24 km away: 39 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 27 km away: 15 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 63 km away: 37 days
Port Pirie Regional Health Service, SA · about 195 km away: 307 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Modbury Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Modbury Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 42 | 36 | 42 |
| 2012–13 | 42 | 36 | 39 |
| 2013–14 | 45 | 41 | 43 |
| 2014–15 | 45 | 42 | 40 |
| 2015–16 | 141 | 41 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 51 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 56 | 46 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 42 | 44 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 48 | 44 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 56 | 54 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 57 | 48 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 62 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 63 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 30 | 60 | 55 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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