Prolapse repair waiting time at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Half of patients at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital waited 417 days or less for prolapse repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior". 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
- 417 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 46 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 66 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 65 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 75 days in 2016–17 to 417 days in 2024–25 — up 456% — while the national median rose from 96 days to 165 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Women's and Children's Hospital, about 7 km away, at 352 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 417 days | not published | 46 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 224 days | 31.3% | 147 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 165 days | 16.9% | 2117 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 165 days marks the national median.
Women's and Children's Hospital, SA · about 7 km away: 352 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 16 km away: 413 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 38 km away: 230 days
South Coast District Hospital, SA · about 76 km away: 49 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
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 | 75 | 62 | 96 |
| 2017–18 | 131 | 105 | 126 |
| 2018–19 | 101 | 70 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | 123 | 77 | 119 |
| 2020–21 | 120 | 118 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | 402 | 235 | 183 |
| 2022–23 | 403 | 142 | 220 |
| 2023–24 | 191 | 127 | 176 |
| 2024–25 | 417 | 224 | 165 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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