Prostate surgery waiting time at Port Pirie Regional Health Service
Half of patients at Port Pirie Regional Health Service waited 307 days or less for prostate surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)". 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
- 307 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 103 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 103 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 28 days in 2011–12 to 307 days in 2024–25 — up 996% — while the national median rose from 42 days to 55 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gawler Health Service, about 172 km away, at 15 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Pirie Regional Health Service | 307 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 60 days | 3.9% | 675 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 55 days | 4.0% | 8810 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 55 days marks the national median.
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 172 km away: 15 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 185 km away: 23 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 195 km away: 30 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 196 km away: 79 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 201 km away: 100 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 212 km away: 39 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 247 km away: 37 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 | 28 | 36 | 42 |
| 2012–13 | 7 | 36 | 39 |
| 2013–14 | 13 | 41 | 43 |
| 2014–15 | 27 | 42 | 40 |
| 2015–16 | 27 | 41 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 27 | 51 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 18 | 56 | 46 |
| 2018–19 | 7 | 42 | 44 |
| 2019–20 | 5 | 48 | 44 |
| 2020–21 | 10 | 56 | 54 |
| 2021–22 | 84 | 57 | 48 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 62 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 63 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 307 | 60 | 55 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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