Prostate biopsy waiting time at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Half of patients at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital waited 64 days or less for prostate biopsy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
- 64 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 146 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 3.4%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 90 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 72 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 36 days in 2016–17 to 64 days in 2024–25 — up 78% — while the national median rose from 27 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Modbury Hospital, about 15 km away, at 30 days. Here, 3.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 64 days | 3.4% | 146 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 42 days | 1.9% | 1286 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 0.4% | 11402 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 33 days marks the national median.
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 6 km away: 75 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 15 km away: 30 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 16 km away: 24 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 19 km away: 30 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 29 km away: 25 days
South Coast District Hospital, SA · about 76 km away: 25 days
Clare Hospital, SA · about 117 km away: 15 days
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo), SA · about 134 km away: 30 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 | 36 | 37 | 27 |
| 2017–18 | 36 | 40 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 43 | 29 | 29 |
| 2019–20 | 62 | 37 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 101 | 64 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 77 | 44 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 59 | 41 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| 2024–25 | 64 | 42 | 33 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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