Hip replacement waiting time at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services
Half of patients at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services waited 194 days or less for hip replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Total hip replacement". This public hospital is in the Whyalla 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
- 194 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 33 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 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 81 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 192 days in 2011–12 to 194 days in 2024–25 — up 1% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Port Pirie Regional Health Service, about 43 km away, at 85 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whyalla Hospital and Health Services | 194 days | not published | 33 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 97 days | 8.2% | 792 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 130 days | 13.0% | 12180 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.
Port Pirie Regional Health Service, SA · about 43 km away: 85 days
Clare Hospital, SA · about 131 km away: 31 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 215 km away: 85 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 224 km away: 204 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 225 km away: 92 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 230 km away: 107 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 239 km away: 63 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 249 km away: 91 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Whyalla Hospital and Health Services
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Whyalla Hospital and Health Services (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 192 | 130 | 116 |
| 2012–13 | 137 | 108 | 116 |
| 2013–14 | 280 | 104 | 106 |
| 2014–15 | 294 | 117 | 109 |
| 2015–16 | 176 | 144 | 114 |
| 2016–17 | 122 | 174 | 110 |
| 2017–18 | 131 | 167 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 123 | 137 | 119 |
| 2019–20 | 151 | 119 | 120 |
| 2020–21 | 237 | 165 | 179 |
| 2021–22 | 284 | 168 | 153 |
| 2022–23 | 214 | 127 | 175 |
| 2023–24 | 128 | 99 | 135 |
| 2024–25 | 194 | 97 | 130 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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