Scar revision waiting time at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Half of patients at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital waited 60 days or less for scar revision 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
- 60 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 29 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 165 days in 2022–23 to 60 days in 2024–25 — down 64% — while the national median fell from 133 days to 83 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 664 km away, at 5 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 60 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 74 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 50 days | 9.1% | 364 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 83 days | 9.5% | 1239 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 83 days marks the national median.
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 6 km away: 72 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 659 km away: 216 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 660 km away: 100 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 664 km away: 5 days
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 690 km away: 173 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 692 km away: 170 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 | not published | not published | 65 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 67 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 73 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 83 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 84 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 121 |
| 2022–23 | 165 | not published | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 65 | not published | 103 |
| 2024–25 | 60 | not published | 83 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital · Scar revision across Australia · Scar revision in South Australia · All surgery waits in South Australia