Keyhole joint surgery near the Adelaide CBD
Near the Adelaide CBD, Royal Adelaide Hospital had the shortest median wait for keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25: 64 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
3 public hospitals are ranked here by the median wait the source published for keyhole joint surgery, shortest first, and by nothing else. Every hospital listed is within 120 km of every other. 1 hospital sits just outside this area, within about 25 km of one of its hospitals, and is included because a referral can cross the line. The source publishes this surgery as "Arthroscopy".
Hospitals in or near the Adelaide CBD
| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Adelaide Hospital | 64 days | 12.7% | Adelaide CBD, SA. In this area. |
| 2 | The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 126 days | 14.0% | Woodville South, SA. In this area. |
| 3 | Women's and Children's Hospital (treats women and children) | 127 days | not published | North Adelaide, SA. Outside this area, about 2 km from Royal Adelaide Hospital. |
This area covers Royal Adelaide Hospital and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Central Adelaide". Distances are straight lines between hospital locations, rounded to the nearest kilometre; they are not travel distances. A shorter median does not mean a hospital will see you sooner: your urgency category and your specialist decide that.
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Near the Adelaide CBD, Royal Adelaide Hospital had the shortest median wait for keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25: 64 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Keyhole joint surgery near the Adelaide CBD", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroscopy/near/adelaide-cbd/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroscopy/near/adelaide-cbd/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
See every South Australia hospital for keyhole joint surgery, or every hospital in Central Adelaide.