Ganglion cyst removal waiting time at Noarlunga Hospital
Half of patients at Noarlunga Hospital waited 124 days or less for ganglion cyst removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Ganglion - excision of". This public hospital is in the Noarlunga Centre 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
- 124 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 42 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 23 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 26 days in 2017–18 to 124 days in 2024–25 — up 377% — while the national median rose from 75 days to 105 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is South West Healthcare [Camperdown], about 538 km away, at 58 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noarlunga Hospital | 124 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 78 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 56 days | 5.6% | 322 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 105 days | 10.3% | 1191 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 105 days marks the national median.
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 15 km away: 141 days
South West Healthcare [Camperdown], VIC · about 538 km away: 58 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 549 km away: 7 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 621 km away: 92 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 646 km away: 19 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 650 km away: 77 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 651 km away: 29 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 654 km away: 81 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
- Noarlunga Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Noarlunga Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 52 | 69 |
| 2017–18 | 26 | 45 | 75 |
| 2018–19 | 21 | 39 | 80 |
| 2019–20 | 28 | 53 | 91 |
| 2020–21 | 121 | 74 | 145 |
| 2021–22 | 68 | not published | 136 |
| 2022–23 | 176 | 70 | 136 |
| 2023–24 | 171 | not published | 107 |
| 2024–25 | 124 | not published | 105 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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