Arthroscopy waiting time at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Whyalla area of South Australia was 38 days in 2024–25.

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: 38 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 80 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 39 days in 2016–17 to 38 days in 2024–25 — down 3% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services, about 61 km away, at 26 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.1%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthroscopy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services	38 days	0.0%	80 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	62 days	3.7%	1061 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	78 days	7.1%	8779 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.

Port Pirie Regional Health ServiceSA · about 43 km away55 days
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health ServicesSA · about 61 km away26 days
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)SA · about 100 km away138 days
Clare HospitalSA · about 131 km away28 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 205 km away15 days
Angaston District HospitalSA · about 213 km away25 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 215 km away95 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 224 km away126 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Arthroscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Whyalla Hospital and Health Services (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	39	56	68
2017–18	41	54	72
2018–19	27	56	75
2019–20	28	65	76
2020–21	34	41	89
2021–22	29	57	85
2022–23	21	45	86
2023–24	27	50	78
2024–25	38	62	78

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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