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title: "Public hospital surgery waiting times in South Australia"
description: "Public hospital surgery waiting times in South Australia for 2024–25: every surgery type's state median, every hospital, urgency-category performance and cross-border comparisons."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/state/sa/"
---

# Public hospital surgery waiting times in South Australia

In 2024–25, South Australia's median waits ranged from **5 days** for curettage and evacuation of uterus to **497 days** for breast reduction, across 40 public hospitals.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

South Australia public hospitals report their planned-surgery waiting times to the national collection once a year. This page brings the state's figures together: every surgery type with a published state median, every hospital, and the urgency-category performance — each linking to the detailed comparison.

**[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick a surgery and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

## Waiting times by surgery in South Australia

Median waiting time by surgery type in South Australia public hospitals, 2024–25, shortest first. Surgeries with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Rank | Surgery | State median | National median | Waited more than 365 days | Hospitals reporting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Curettage and evacuation of uterus](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/curettage-and-evacuation-of-uterus/sa/) | 5 days | 4 days | 0.0% | 11 |
| 2 | [Large bowel surgery (colectomy)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/colectomy-anterior-resection-large-bowel-resection/sa/) | 17 days | 18 days | 0.9% | 8 |
| 3 | [Breast removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/mastectomy/sa/) | 19 days | 19 days | 2.0% | 7 |
| 4 | [Breast lump removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/sa/) | 20 days | 17 days | 0.3% | 9 |
| 4 | [Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lobectomy-wedge-resection-pneumonectomy/sa/) | 20 days | 17 days | 0.0% | 4 |
| 4 | [Voice box scope surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/microlaryngoscopy/sa/) | 20 days | 26 days | 2.5% | 6 |
| 7 | [Dialysis access surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dialysis-access-surgery/sa/) | 22 days | 15 days | 0.3% | 2 |
| 8 | [Skin lesion removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/sa/) | 27 days | 26 days | 1.4% | 25 |
| 9 | [Heart bypass surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/coronary-artery-bypass-grafting/sa/) | 28 days | 19 days | 0.0% | 2 |
| 9 | [Kidney removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nephrectomy/sa/) | 28 days | 30 days | 2.8% | 6 |
| 9 | [Retina surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/vitrectomy-including-buckling-cryotherapy/sa/) | 28 days | 26 days | 3.5% | 3 |
| 9 | [Shock wave stone treatment](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lithotripsy/sa/) | 28 days | 28 days | 0.0% | 6 |
| 13 | [Urinary stone removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/stone-s-urinary-tract-removal-of/sa/) | 29 days | 25 days | 0.7% | 5 |
| 14 | [Toenail surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/toenail-surgery/sa/) | 36 days | 48 days | 0.9% | 16 |
| 15 | [Heart valve replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/heart-valve-replacement/sa/) | 39 days | 33 days | 0.8% | 2 |
| 16 | [Dilatation and curettage](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dilatation-and-curettage/sa/) | 42 days | 28 days | 2.2% | 21 |
| 16 | [Kidney drainage stent insertion](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/sa/) | 42 days | 24 days | 2.7% | 7 |
| 16 | [Prostate biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/prostate-biopsy/sa/) | 42 days | 33 days | 1.9% | 13 |
| 19 | [Bladder scope (cystoscopy)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cystoscopy/sa/) | 44 days | 26 days | 2.6% | 22 |
| 19 | [LLETZ procedure](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lletz-procedure/sa/) | 44 days | 33 days | 0.6% | 19 |
| 21 | [Carpal tunnel surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/carpal-tunnel-surgery/sa/) | 49 days | 71 days | 2.8% | 26 |
| 22 | [Gallbladder removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/gallbladder-removal/sa/) | 58 days | 48 days | 2.9% | 24 |
| 23 | [Thyroid gland removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/thyroidectomy-hemi-thyroidectomy/sa/) | 59 days | 56 days | 1.7% | 7 |
| 24 | [Prostate surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/prostate-surgery/sa/) | 60 days | 55 days | 3.9% | 16 |
| 25 | [Keyhole joint surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroscopy/sa/) | 62 days | 78 days | 3.7% | 25 |
| 26 | [ACL reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/acl-reconstruction/sa/) | 66 days | 81 days | 2.2% | 15 |
| 27 | [Inguinal hernia repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/sa/) | 74 days | 73 days | 4.7% | 25 |
| 28 | [Joint replacement revision](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroplasty-revision-of/sa/) | 76 days | 77 days | 2.3% | 8 |
| 29 | [Eardrum drainage](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/myringotomy/sa/) | 77 days | 80 days | 2.2% | 19 |
| 30 | [Grommets](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/grommets/sa/) | 78 days | 90 days | 2.2% | 19 |
| 31 | [Hysterectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hysterectomy/sa/) | 80 days | 74 days | 9.3% | 18 |
| 32 | [Trigger finger release](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/trigger-finger-release/sa/) | 81 days | 90 days | 4.6% | 19 |
| 33 | [Haemorrhoid surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/haemorrhoid-surgery/sa/) | 82 days | 63 days | 3.8% | 20 |
| 34 | [Cataract surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cataract-surgery/sa/) | 84 days | 106 days | 9.0% | 20 |
| 34 | [Hydrocele surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hydrocele-repair-of/sa/) | 84 days | 95 days | 9.4% | 22 |
| 36 | [Ovary and fallopian tube surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/sa/) | 89 days | 56 days | 4.1% | 14 |
| 37 | [Hernia repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hernia-repair/sa/) | 92 days | 86 days | 11.3% | 23 |
| 38 | [Circumcision](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/circumcision/sa/) | 97 days | 80 days | 18.7% | 24 |
| 38 | [Hip replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/sa/) | 97 days | 130 days | 8.2% | 17 |
| 40 | [Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laparoscopy/sa/) | 104 days | 69 days | 13.7% | 19 |
| 41 | [Shoulder decompression surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/acromioplasty-arthroscopy-shoulder-sub-acromial-decompression/sa/) | 106 days | 92 days | 9.4% | 15 |
| 41 | [Undescended testicle surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/orchidopexy/sa/) | 106 days | 78 days | 7.0% | 3 |
| 43 | [Tonsillectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/sa/) | 111 days | 182 days | 11.4% | 18 |
| 44 | [Pterygium (eye growth) removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pterygium-excision-of/sa/) | 117 days | 197 days | 14.5% | 12 |
| 45 | [Adenoid removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/adenoidectomy/sa/) | 130 days | 144 days | 13.4% | 15 |
| 46 | [Shoulder joint replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/shoulder-joint-replacement/sa/) | 140 days | 174 days | 15.3% | 13 |
| 47 | [Knee replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/knee-replacement/sa/) | 147 days | 255 days | 14.7% | 19 |
| 48 | [Squint surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/squint-surgery/sa/) | 154 days | 155 days | 16.2% | 5 |
| 49 | [Varicose vein surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/varicose-vein-surgery/sa/) | 206 days | 133 days | 31.6% | 4 |
| 50 | [Breast reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-reconstruction/sa/) | 223 days | 146 days | 28.5% | 7 |
| 51 | [Prolapse repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/prolapse-repair/sa/) | 224 days | 165 days | 31.3% | 14 |
| 52 | [Keyhole sinus surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/functional-endoscopic-sinus-surgery/sa/) | 267 days | 214 days | 28.9% | 14 |
| 53 | [Deviated septum surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/sa/) | 300 days | 320 days | 23.5% | 17 |
| 54 | [Eardrum repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/eardrum-repair/sa/) | 316 days | 264 days | 34.5% | 11 |
| 55 | [Breast reduction](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-reduction/sa/) | 497 days | 309 days | 65.2% | 7 |

## Treated on time, by urgency category

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. What each category means, with every hospital compared nationally, is on [the urgency categories pages](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/).

Share of patients treated within the clinically recommended time at South Australia public hospitals, by urgency category, 2024–25. Ranked on Category 1 (urgent); hospitals with the same figure share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Rank | Hospital | Category 1 (urgent) | Category 2 (semi-urgent) | Category 3 (non-urgent) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Ceduna District Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ceduna-district-health-service/) | 100% | 96% | 100% |
| 1 | [Clare Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/clare-hospital/) | 100% | 99% | 97% |
| 1 | [Crystal Brook and District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/crystal-brook-and-district-hospital/) | 100% | 52% | 83% |
| 1 | [Kangaroo Island Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kangaroo-island-health-service/) | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 1 | [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/) | 100% | 57% | 69% |
| 6 | [Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-yorke-peninsula-health-service-wallaroo/) | 99% | 96% | 76% |
| 7 | [Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-barker-district-soldiers-memorial-hospital/) | 98% | 94% | 99% |
| 8 | [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/) | 97% | 41% | 51% |
| 9 | [Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/murray-bridge-soldiers-memorial-hospital/) | 96% | 92% | 98% |
| 9 | [Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-augusta-hospital-and-regional-health-services/) | 96% | 99% | 100% |
| 11 | [Riverland General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/riverland-general-hospital/) | 94% | 87% | 90% |
| 12 | [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/) | 93% | 61% | 70% |
| 12 | [Noarlunga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/noarlunga-hospital/) | 93% | 51% | 73% |
| 14 | [Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-gambier-and-districts-health-service/) | 92% | 86% | 97% |
| 14 | [Port Lincoln Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-lincoln-health-service/) | 92% | 98% | 100% |
| 16 | [Angaston District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/angaston-district-hospital/) | 91% | 95% | 99% |
| 16 | [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/) | 91% | 57% | 82% |
| 18 | [South Coast District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-coast-district-hospital/) | 89% | 94% | 96% |
| 19 | [Naracoorte Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/) | 88% | 89% | 90% |
| 20 | [Gawler Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gawler-health-service/) | 85% | 89% | 87% |
| 21 | [Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/millicent-and-district-hospital-and-health-service/) | 82% | 90% | 100% |
| 22 | [Port Pirie Regional Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-pirie-regional-health-service/) | 75% | 59% | 65% |
| 23 | [Whyalla Hospital and Health Services](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/whyalla-hospital-and-health-services/) | 74% | 88% | 96% |
| 24 | [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/) | 68% | 39% | 43% |
| 25 | [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/) | 60% | 41% | 61% |
| unranked | [Bordertown Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bordertown-memorial-hospital/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Jamestown Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/jamestown-hospital-and-health-service/) | not published | 87% | 100% |
| unranked | [Kapunda Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kapunda-hospital/) | not published | 96% | not published |
| unranked | [Loxton Hospital Complex](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/loxton-hospital-complex/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Renmark Paringa District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/renmark-paringa-district-hospital/) | not published | 100% | 100% |
| unranked | [Waikerie Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/waikerie-health-service/) | not published | not published | 100% |

## Compare a surgery at the big hospitals

Each link is one surgery at one hospital: the published median, the nearest alternatives — including across the border — and fourteen years of history.

- **[Skin lesion removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/sa/):** [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) · [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) · [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/skin-lesion-removal/) · [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) · [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) · [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/)
- **[Hernia repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hernia-repair/sa/):** [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/hernia-repair/) · [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/hernia-repair/) · [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/hernia-repair/) · [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/hernia-repair/) · [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/hernia-repair/) · [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/hernia-repair/)
- **[Inguinal hernia repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/sa/):** [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/inguinal-hernia-repair/) · [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) · [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) · [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) · [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) · [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/)
- **[Carpal tunnel surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/carpal-tunnel-surgery/sa/):** [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) · [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) · [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) · [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) · [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/)
- **[Haemorrhoid surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/haemorrhoid-surgery/sa/):** [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) · [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) · [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) · [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/haemorrhoid-surgery/)
- **[Gallbladder removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/gallbladder-removal/sa/):** [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) · [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/gallbladder-removal/) · [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) · [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) · [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/gallbladder-removal/)
- **[Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laparoscopy/sa/):** [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/laparoscopy/) · [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/laparoscopy/) · [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/laparoscopy/) · [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/laparoscopy/) · [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/laparoscopy/)
- **[Toenail surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/toenail-surgery/sa/):** [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/toenail-surgery/)
- **[Circumcision](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/circumcision/sa/):** [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/circumcision/) · [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/circumcision/) · [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/circumcision/) · [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/circumcision/) · [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/circumcision/)
- **[Keyhole joint surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroscopy/sa/):** [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/arthroscopy/) · [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/arthroscopy/) · [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/arthroscopy/) · [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/arthroscopy/) · [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/arthroscopy/) · [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/arthroscopy/)
- **[Dilatation and curettage](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dilatation-and-curettage/sa/):** [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) · [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) · [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/dilatation-and-curettage/) · [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) · [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) · [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/)
- **[Ganglion cyst removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ganglion-excision-of/sa/):** [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/ganglion-excision-of/)
- **[Hydrocele surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hydrocele-repair-of/sa/):** [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/) · [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/hydrocele-repair-of/) · [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/) · [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/) · [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/) · [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/)
- **[LLETZ procedure](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lletz-procedure/sa/):** [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/lletz-procedure/) · [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/lletz-procedure/) · [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/lletz-procedure/) · [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/lletz-procedure/) · [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/lletz-procedure/)
- **[Hysterectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hysterectomy/sa/):** [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/hysterectomy/) · [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/hysterectomy/) · [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/hysterectomy/) · [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/hysterectomy/) · [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/hysterectomy/)
- **[Trigger finger release](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/trigger-finger-release/sa/):** [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) · [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) · [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) · [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/trigger-finger-release/)
- **[Ovary and fallopian tube surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/sa/):** [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) · [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) · [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) · [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) · [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/)
- **[Bladder scope (cystoscopy)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cystoscopy/sa/):** [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/cystoscopy/) · [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/cystoscopy/) · [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/cystoscopy/) · [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/cystoscopy/) · [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/cystoscopy/) · [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/cystoscopy/)
- **[Dupuytren's contracture surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/sa/):** [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/) · [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/)
- **[ACL reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/acl-reconstruction/sa/):** [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/acl-reconstruction/) · [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/acl-reconstruction/) · [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/acl-reconstruction/)

**Cite this page**

> In 2024–25, South Australia's published median waits for planned surgery ranged from 5 days for curettage and evacuation of uterus to 497 days for breast reduction, across 40 public hospitals (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

### Copy-ready citation

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Surgery Waits, "Public hospital waiting lists in South Australia", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/state/sa/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/state/sa/](https://surgerywaits.au/state/sa/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

## Every public hospital in South Australia

Sorted by how many surgery types each reported for 2024–25. A hospital's own page lists every surgery it reports, its urgency-category figures and its history.

- [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/) — 111 surgery types
- [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/) — 104 surgery types
- [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/) — 94 surgery types
- [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/) — 82 surgery types
- [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/) — 79 surgery types
- [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/) — 72 surgery types
- [Noarlunga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/noarlunga-hospital/) — 55 surgery types
- [Gawler Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gawler-health-service/) — 52 surgery types
- [Port Lincoln Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-lincoln-health-service/) — 52 surgery types
- [Riverland General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/riverland-general-hospital/) — 50 surgery types
- [Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-gambier-and-districts-health-service/) — 42 surgery types
- [Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-barker-district-soldiers-memorial-hospital/) — 41 surgery types
- [Port Pirie Regional Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-pirie-regional-health-service/) — 40 surgery types
- [Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-augusta-hospital-and-regional-health-services/) — 38 surgery types
- [South Coast District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-coast-district-hospital/) — 38 surgery types
- [Whyalla Hospital and Health Services](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/whyalla-hospital-and-health-services/) — 35 surgery types
- [Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-yorke-peninsula-health-service-wallaroo/) — 33 surgery types
- [Clare Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/clare-hospital/) — 31 surgery types
- [Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/murray-bridge-soldiers-memorial-hospital/) — 30 surgery types
- [Naracoorte Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/) — 28 surgery types
- [Angaston District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/angaston-district-hospital/) — 23 surgery types
- [Ceduna District Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ceduna-district-health-service/) — 15 surgery types
- [Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/millicent-and-district-hospital-and-health-service/) — 15 surgery types
- [Kangaroo Island Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kangaroo-island-health-service/) — 14 surgery types
- [Jamestown Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/jamestown-hospital-and-health-service/) — 9 surgery types
- [Renmark Paringa District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/renmark-paringa-district-hospital/) — 8 surgery types
- [Kapunda Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kapunda-hospital/) — 6 surgery types
- [Loxton Hospital Complex](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/loxton-hospital-complex/) — 3 surgery types
- [Crystal Brook and District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/crystal-brook-and-district-hospital/) — 2 surgery types
- [Bordertown Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bordertown-memorial-hospital/) — 1 surgery type
- [Waikerie Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/waikerie-health-service/) — 1 surgery type
- [Balaklava Soldiers' Memorial District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/balaklava-soldiers-memorial-district-hospital/) — 0 surgery types
- [Cummins and District Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cummins-and-district-memorial-hospital/) — 0 surgery types
- [Mount Pleasant District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-pleasant-district-hospital/) — 0 surgery types
- [Peterborough Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/peterborough-soldiers-memorial-hospital/) — 0 surgery types
- [Quorn Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/quorn-health-service/) — 0 surgery types
- [Repatriation General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/repatriation-general-hospital/) — 0 surgery types
- [Southern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Yorketown)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/southern-yorke-peninsula-health-service-yorketown/) — 0 surgery types
- [Strathalbyn and District Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/strathalbyn-and-district-health-service/) — 0 surgery types
- [Tanunda War Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tanunda-war-memorial-hospital/) — 0 surgery types

## What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

State medians cover everyone who had that surgery in the state, in all urgency categories together — [how these figures are put together](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/).

## Before you use these figures

Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you.

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Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations.

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