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title: "Naracoorte Health Service surgery waiting times"
description: "Planned surgery waiting times and waiting list at Naracoorte Health Service, a public hospital in the Naracoorte area of South Australia, for 2024–25."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/"
---

# Naracoorte Health Service surgery waiting times

In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Naracoorte area of South Australia published median waits from **12 days** for gallbladder removal to **292 days** for knee replacement.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

Naracoorte Health Service is a public hospital in the Naracoorte area of South Australia. It is part of [Limestone Coast](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/limestone-coast/). It reported 28 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 54 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.

**[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick a surgery and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

## Waiting times by surgery

Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.

Planned surgery at Naracoorte Health Service, 2024–25. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/gallbladder-removal/) | 12 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| [Hydrocele - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/hydrocele-repair-of/) | 18 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| [Cystoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/cystoscopy/) | 29 days | 52 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/inguinal-hernia-repair/) | 29 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| [Prostate biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/prostate-biopsy/) | 30 days | 22 surgeries | not published |
| [Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/acromioplasty-arthroscopy-shoulder-sub-acromial-decompression/) | 48 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| [Skin lesion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/skin-lesion-removal/) | 48 days | 109 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/acl-reconstruction/) | 55 days | 23 surgeries | not published |
| [Carpal tunnel release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) | 56 days | 24 surgeries | not published |
| [Arthroscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/arthroscopy/) | 103 days | 67 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Total hip replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/hip-replacement/) | 224 days | 32 surgeries | not published |
| [Total knee replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/knee-replacement/) | 292 days | 59 surgeries | 27.1% |
| [Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/breast-lump-removal/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Circumcision](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/circumcision/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Dermoid cyst - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/dermoid-cyst-removal-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Ganglion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/ganglion-excision-of/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Haemorrhoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/haemorrhoid-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/hernia-repair/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Mastectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/mastectomy/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Orchidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/orchidectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/prostate-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Rotator cuff - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/rotator-cuff-repair/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Scar revision](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/scar-revision/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Shoulder joint replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Shoulder reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/shoulder-reconstruction/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Tendon release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/thyroidectomy-hemi-thyroidectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Trigger finger/thumb release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |

**Not reported for this period**

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adenoidectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Amputation of limb last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Arthroplasty - revision of last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Axillary node dissection last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Bartholin's cyst - removal of last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Blepharoplasty last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Breast prosthesis - removal of last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Breast reconstruction last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Breast reduction last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) last reported 2013–14 | not reported |  |  |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Cystectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Dupytren's contracture release last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Endometrial ablation last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Exostosis - excision of last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Female sterilisation last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Fracture non-union - treatment of last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Functional endoscopic sinus surgery last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Laparoscopy last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Lymphangioma - surgery for last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Meatoplasty last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Meniscectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Myringotomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Nasal cautery last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Nasal polypectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Nasendoscopy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Osteotomy last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Parathyroidectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Rhinoplasty last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Septoplasty last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Stone/s urinary tract - removal of last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Stress incontinence surgery last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Toenail surgery last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Turbinectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Ureteric - reimplantation last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Urethra - dilatation of last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |

## Urgency categories

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose. [What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/)

All planned surgery at Naracoorte Health Service by urgency category, 2024–25.

| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-1/sa/) | 16 days | 88% | 77 surgeries |
| [Semi-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-2/sa/) | 44 days | 89% | 355 surgeries |
| [Non-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-3/sa/) | 127 days | 90% | 232 surgeries |

**Cite this page**

> In 2024–25, Naracoorte Health Service published median planned-surgery waits from 12 days for gallbladder removal to 292 days for knee replacement (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

### Copy-ready citation

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Surgery Waits, "Naracoorte Health Service wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

## What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

[How these figures are put together](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/) · [All surgery waits in South Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/state/sa/) · [All hospitals](https://surgerywaits.au/hospitals/)

## Before you use these figures

Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you.

**In an emergency call 000.**

Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations.

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