Hip replacement waiting time at Port Pirie Regional Health Service
Half of patients at Port Pirie Regional Health Service waited 85 days or less for hip replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Total hip replacement". This public hospital is in the Port Pirie 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
- 85 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 40 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 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 174 days in 2011–12 to 85 days in 2024–25 — down 51% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Clare Hospital, about 92 km away, at 31 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Total hip replacement" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Pirie Regional Health Service | 85 days | not published | 40 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 97 days | 8.2% | 792 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 130 days | 13.0% | 12180 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services, SA · about 43 km away: 194 days
Clare Hospital, SA · about 92 km away: 31 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 185 km away: 85 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 195 km away: 92 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 196 km away: 204 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 201 km away: 107 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 212 km away: 63 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 223 km away: 91 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Port Pirie Regional Health Service
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Port Pirie Regional Health Service (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 174 | 130 | 116 |
| 2012–13 | 102 | 108 | 116 |
| 2013–14 | 175 | 104 | 106 |
| 2014–15 | 83 | 117 | 109 |
| 2015–16 | 279 | 144 | 114 |
| 2016–17 | 217 | 174 | 110 |
| 2017–18 | 223 | 167 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 133 | 137 | 119 |
| 2019–20 | 186 | 119 | 120 |
| 2020–21 | 166 | 165 | 179 |
| 2021–22 | 223 | 168 | 153 |
| 2022–23 | 111 | 127 | 175 |
| 2023–24 | 140 | 99 | 135 |
| 2024–25 | 85 | 97 | 130 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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