Arthroscopy waiting time at Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Port Augusta area of South Australia was 26 days in 2024–25.

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: 26 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 25 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 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 16 days in 2016–17 to 26 days in 2024–25 — up 63% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gawler Health Service, about 249 km away, at 15 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthroscopy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services	26 days	not published	25 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.

Whyalla Hospital and Health ServicesSA · about 61 km away38 days
Port Pirie Regional Health ServiceSA · about 77 km away55 days
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)SA · about 158 km away138 days
Clare HospitalSA · about 166 km away28 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 249 km away15 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Arthroscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	16	56	68
2017–18	21	54	72
2018–19	14	56	75
2019–20	13	65	76
2020–21	18	41	89
2021–22	26	57	85
2022–23	27	45	86
2023–24	21	50	78
2024–25	26	62	78

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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