Toenail surgery waiting time at Women's and Children's Hospital
Half of patients at Women's and Children's Hospital waited 92 days or less for toenail surgery 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
- 92 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 44 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 43 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 39 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 45 days in 2016–17 to 92 days in 2024–25 — up 104% — while the national median rose from 33 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Riverland General Hospital, about 196 km away, at 25 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Toenail surgery" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's and Children's Hospital | 92 days | not published | 44 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 55 days | 3.6% | 417 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 36 days | 0.9% | 113 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 34 days | 0.8% | 371 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 48 days | 1.9% | 1323 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 48 days marks the national median.
Riverland General Hospital, SA · about 196 km away: 25 days
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services, SA · about 229 km away: 42 days
Broken Hill Hospital, NSW · about 423 km away: 54 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 555 km away: 7 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 636 km away: 33 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 638 km away: 42 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 640 km away: 24 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 651 km away: 22 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 | 45 | 27 | 33 |
| 2017–18 | 34 | 25 | 34 |
| 2018–19 | 38 | 22 | 36 |
| 2019–20 | 63 | 25 | 45 |
| 2020–21 | 88 | 30 | 49 |
| 2021–22 | 89 | 41 | 58 |
| 2022–23 | 68 | 25 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | 80 | 36 | 48 |
| 2024–25 | 92 | 36 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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