Keyhole joint surgery waiting time at Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)
Half of patients at Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo) waited 138 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 Wallaroo 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
- 138 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 52 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 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 118 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 169 days in 2016–17 to 138 days in 2024–25 — down 18% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Port Pirie Regional Health Service, about 90 km away, at 55 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.1%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthroscopy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo) | 138 days | 0.0% | 52 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.
Port Pirie Regional Health Service, SA · about 90 km away: 55 days
Clare Hospital, SA · about 91 km away: 28 days
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services, SA · about 100 km away: 38 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 127 km away: 15 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 131 km away: 95 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 134 km away: 126 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 140 km away: 83 days
Women's and Children's Hospital, SA · about 141 km away: 127 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo) (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 169 | 56 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | 253 | 54 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | 248 | 56 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 193 | 65 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 54 | 41 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | 112 | 57 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 140 | 45 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 137 | 50 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 138 | 62 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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