Curettage and evacuation of uterus waiting time at Women's and Children's Hospital
Half of patients at Women's and Children's Hospital waited 5 days or less for curettage and evacuation of uterus in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the North Adelaide 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
- 5 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 157 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 81 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 48 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 1 day in 2017–18 to 5 days in 2024–25 — up 400% — while the national median rose from 3 days to 4 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, about 31 km away, at 4 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.1%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's and Children's Hospital | 5 days | 0.0% | 157 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 7 days | 0.3% | 2397 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 5 days | 0.0% | 200 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 2 days | 0.0% | 2044 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 4 days | 0.1% | 8500 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 4 days marks the national median.
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 31 km away: 4 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool], VIC · about 518 km away: 3 days
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 552 km away: 2 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 555 km away: 6 days
Deniliquin Hospital, NSW · about 582 km away: 6 days
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh], VIC · about 606 km away: 2 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 636 km away: 8 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 640 km away: 3 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
- Women's and Children's Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Women's and Children's Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 3 |
| 2017–18 | 1 | not published | 3 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | not published | 5 |
| 2019–20 | 2 | not published | 4 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | not published | 4 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not published | 4 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 4 |
| 2023–24 | 4 | not published | 5 |
| 2024–25 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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