Dialysis access surgery waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital
Half of patients at Royal Adelaide Hospital waited 33 days or less for dialysis access surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
- 33 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 181 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 75 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 69 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 23 days in 2016–17 to 33 days in 2024–25 — up 43% — while the national median rose from 12 days to 15 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 11 km away, at 15 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.3%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Dialysis access surgery" 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 | 33 days | 0.0% | 181 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 22 days | 0.3% | 315 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.4% | 944 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 15 days | 0.3% | 5765 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 15 days marks the national median.
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 11 km away: 15 days
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 552 km away: 26 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 555 km away: 9 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 636 km away: 9 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 641 km away: 21 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 648 km away: 20 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 651 km away: 25 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 654 km away: 22 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
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 | 23 | 22 | 12 |
| 2017–18 | 19 | 19 | 13 |
| 2018–19 | 19 | 19 | 14 |
| 2019–20 | 20 | 19 | 14 |
| 2020–21 | 21 | 18 | 13 |
| 2021–22 | 32 | 25 | 13 |
| 2022–23 | 33 | 27 | 15 |
| 2023–24 | 29 | 25 | 16 |
| 2024–25 | 33 | 22 | 15 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Adelaide Hospital · Dialysis access surgery across Australia · Dialysis access surgery in South Australia · All surgery waits in South Australia