Keyhole joint surgery waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital
Half of patients at Royal Adelaide Hospital waited 64 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 Adelaide 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
- 64 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 63 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 12.7%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 53 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 198 days in 2016–17 to 64 days in 2024–25 — down 68% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 11 km away, at 19 days. Here, 12.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | 64 days | 12.7% | 63 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.
Women's and Children's Hospital, SA · about 2 km away: 127 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 6 km away: 126 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 11 km away: 19 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 13 km away: 83 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 21 km away: 95 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 26 km away: 78 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 31 km away: 38 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 39 km away: 15 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Adelaide Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 198 | 56 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | 239 | 54 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | 97 | 56 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 121 | 65 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 122 | 41 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | 122 | 57 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 125 | 45 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 171 | 50 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 64 | 62 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Adelaide Hospital · Keyhole joint surgery across Australia · Keyhole joint surgery in South Australia · All surgery waits in South Australia