Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services surgery waiting times
In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Port Augusta area of South Australia published median waits from 18 days for skin lesion removal to 203 days for functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services is a public hospital in the Port Augusta area of South Australia. It is part of Flinders and Upper North. It reported 38 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 41 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
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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.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skin lesion - excision of | 18 days | 23 surgeries | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | 20 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 21 days | 66 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Arthroscopy | 26 days | 25 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 32 days | 29 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 34 days | 19 surgeries | not published |
| Total knee replacement | 88 days | 32 surgeries | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 119 days | 191 surgeries | 1.0% |
| Adenoidectomy | 145 days | 19 surgeries | not published |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 167 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| Septoplasty | 194 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Functional endoscopic sinus surgery | 203 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage | not published | not published | not published |
| Blepharoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Circumcision | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | not published | not published | not published |
| Diathermy of wart/s | not published | not published | not published |
| Ectropion - correction of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Female sterilisation | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Fundoplication | not published | not published | not published |
| Ganglion - excision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | not published | not published | not published |
| Hydrocele - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Myringotomy | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Nasal cautery | not published | not published | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Pterygium - excision of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Tendon release | not published | not published | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Total hip replacement | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Trigger finger/thumb release | not published | not published | not published |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior | not published | not published | not published |
| Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bartholin's cyst - removal of last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cone biopsy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Corneal graft last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cystectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cystoscopy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dermoid cyst - removal of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dialysis access surgery last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dupytren's contracture release last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Endometrial ablation last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Examination of eye under anaesthesia last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Haemorrhoidectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Mastectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Meatoplasty last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nasendoscopy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Neonatal surgery last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nerve decompression last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Osteotomy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Prostate biopsy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ptosis - repair of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pyogenic granuloma - removal of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Rotator cuff - repair of last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Scar revision last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Stress incontinence surgery last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Sub-mucosal resection last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tenotomy of hip last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Trabeculectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Turbinectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Urethra - dilatation of last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2015–16 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
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.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 9 days | 96% | 128 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 29 days | 99% | 172 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 121 days | 100% | 370 surgeries |
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In 2024–25, Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services published median planned-surgery waits from 18 days for skin lesion removal to 203 days for functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
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SurgeryWaits, "Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-augusta-hospital-and-regional-health-services/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: SurgeryWaits (https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-augusta-hospital-and-regional-health-services/), 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
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