Breast removal waiting time at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Half of patients at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital waited 20 days or less for breast removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Mastectomy". This public hospital is in the Woodville South 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
- 20 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 131 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.5%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 97 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 49 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 15 days in 2016–17 to 20 days in 2024–25 — up 33% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 16 km away, at 16 days. Here, 1.5% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.9%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Mastectomy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 20 days | 1.5% | 131 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 2.0% | 503 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 13 days | 2.2% | 979 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 1.9% | 4551 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 days marks the national median.
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 15 km away: 21 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 16 km away: 16 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 19 km away: 18 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool], VIC · about 524 km away: 8 days
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 558 km away: 16 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 562 km away: 19 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 635 km away: 13 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 642 km away: 14 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
- 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 | 15 | 20 | 16 |
| 2017–18 | 16 | 18 | 16 |
| 2018–19 | 18 | 19 | 17 |
| 2019–20 | 13 | 15 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 20 | 18 | 17 |
| 2022–23 | 20 | 16 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital · Breast removal across Australia · Breast removal in South Australia · All surgery waits in South Australia