Arthroscopy waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Adelaide area of South Australia was 64 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: 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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthroscopy, 2024–25.
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 HospitalSA · about 2 km away127 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 6 km away126 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 11 km away19 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 13 km away83 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 21 km away95 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 26 km away78 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 31 km away38 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 39 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	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 · Arthroscopy across Australia · Arthroscopy in South Australia