Keyhole joint surgery waiting time at Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
Half of patients at Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital waited 38 days or less for keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthroscopy". This public hospital is in the Mount Barker 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
- 38 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 150 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 166 days in 2016–17 to 38 days in 2024–25 — down 77% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 28 km away, at 19 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital | 38 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 62 days | 3.7% | 1061 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 7.1% | 8779 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 28 km away: 19 days
Women's and Children's Hospital, SA · about 31 km away: 127 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 31 km away: 64 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 32 km away: 83 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 34 km away: 78 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 38 km away: 133 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 38 km away: 126 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 42 km away: 95 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 166 | 56 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | 25 | 54 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | 31 | 56 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 103 | 65 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 18 | 41 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | 48 | 57 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 63 | 45 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 55 | 50 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 38 | 62 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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