Knee replacement waiting time at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services
Half of patients at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services waited 180 days or less for knee replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Total knee 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
- 180 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 72 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 128 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 45 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 175 days in 2011–12 to 180 days in 2024–25 — up 3% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Port Pirie Regional Health Service, about 43 km away, at 110 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 23.2%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Total knee replacement" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whyalla Hospital and Health Services | 180 days | 0.0% | 72 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 147 days | 14.7% | 1322 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 255 days | 23.2% | 17987 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 255 days marks the national median.
Port Pirie Regional Health Service, SA · about 43 km away: 110 days
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services, SA · about 61 km away: 88 days
Clare Hospital, SA · about 131 km away: 36 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 215 km away: 114 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 224 km away: 290 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 225 km away: 99 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 230 km away: 183 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 239 km away: 130 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 | 175 | 173 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | 161 | 153 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | 265 | 161 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | 278 | 212 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | 196 | 222 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 166 | 254 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 133 | 273 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 125 | 244 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 164 | 189 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 267 | 318 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 272 | 307 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 228 | 230 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 189 | 167 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 180 | 147 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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