Breast reconstruction waiting time at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
The median wait for breast reconstruction at this public hospital in the Woodville South area of South Australia was 236 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 236 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 37 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 34 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 45 days in 2016–17 to 236 days in 2024–25 — up 424% — while the national median rose from 96 days to 146 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 16 km away, at 223 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 236 days | not published | 37 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 223 days | 28.5% | 123 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 84 days | 26.8% | 564 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 146 days | 25.7% | 1192 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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.
How the wait has changed
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 45 | not published | 96 |
| 2017–18 | 63 | 89 | 118 |
| 2018–19 | 115 | not published | 111 |
| 2019–20 | 124 | not published | 137 |
| 2020–21 | 172 | 138 | 113 |
| 2021–22 | 239 | 174 | 103 |
| 2022–23 | 188 | 235 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | 297 | not published | 149 |
| 2024–25 | 236 | 223 | 146 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital · Breast reconstruction across Australia · Breast reconstruction in South Australia