Surgery Waits

Bunion surgery waiting time at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services

Median wait, long waits and volumes for bunion surgery — published by the source as "Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of" — at this public hospital in the Whyalla area of South Australia, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — too few
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Whyalla Hospital and Health Servicesnot publishednot publishednot published
South Australia (all public hospitals)not publishednot published15 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)183 days16.2%616 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Whyalla Hospital and Health Services did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of by financial year at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services, compared with South Australia and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Australia 183
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodWhyalla Hospital and Health Services (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not publishednot published137
2017–18not reported for this periodnot published121
2018–19not publishednot published142
2019–20not reported for this periodnot published137
2020–21not reported for this periodnot published262
2021–22not reported for this periodnot published231
2022–23not reported for this periodnot published222
2023–24not publishednot published206
2024–25not publishednot published183

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

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