--- title: "Dilatation and curettage waiting times in South Australia" description: "Public hospitals in South Australia ranked by median wait for Dilatation and curettage in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dilatation-and-curettage/sa/" --- # Dilatation and curettage waiting times in South Australia The median wait for dilatation and curettage in South Australia public hospitals was **42 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **28 days**. The source publishes this surgery as "Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage". Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 21 public hospitals in South Australia reported dilatation and curettage in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick "Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept. 2 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked. Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 28 days marks the national median. - [Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-yorke-peninsula-health-service-wallaroo/dilatation-and-curettage/): 13 days - [Port Lincoln Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-lincoln-health-service/dilatation-and-curettage/): 14 days - [Angaston District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/angaston-district-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/): 20 days - [Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/murray-bridge-soldiers-memorial-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/): 21 days - [Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-augusta-hospital-and-regional-health-services/dilatation-and-curettage/): 21 days - [Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-gambier-and-districts-health-service/dilatation-and-curettage/): 27 days - [South Coast District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-coast-district-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/): 28 days - [Gawler Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gawler-health-service/dilatation-and-curettage/): 29 days - [Port Pirie Regional Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-pirie-regional-health-service/dilatation-and-curettage/): 29 days - [Whyalla Hospital and Health Services](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/whyalla-hospital-and-health-services/dilatation-and-curettage/): 33 days - [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/): 34 days - [Riverland General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/riverland-general-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/): 37 days - [Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-barker-district-soldiers-memorial-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/): 41 days - [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/): 43 days - [Noarlunga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/noarlunga-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/): 50 days - [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/): 50 days - [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/dilatation-and-curettage/): 54 days - [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/): 55 days - [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/): 84 days - [Ceduna District Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ceduna-district-health-service/dilatation-and-curettage/): not published - [Kangaroo Island Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kangaroo-island-health-service/dilatation-and-curettage/): not published Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage in South Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-yorke-peninsula-health-service-wallaroo/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 13 days | not published | 16 surgeries | | 2 | [Port Lincoln Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-lincoln-health-service/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 14 days | 0.0% | 70 surgeries | | 3 | [Angaston District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/angaston-district-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 20 days | not published | 46 surgeries | | 4 | [Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/murray-bridge-soldiers-memorial-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 21 days | not published | 41 surgeries | | 4 | [Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-augusta-hospital-and-regional-health-services/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 21 days | 0.0% | 66 surgeries | | 6 | [Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-gambier-and-districts-health-service/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 27 days | 0.0% | 133 surgeries | | 7 | [South Coast District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-coast-district-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 28 days | 0.0% | 60 surgeries | | 8 | [Gawler Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gawler-health-service/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 29 days | 0.0% | 100 surgeries | | 8 | [Port Pirie Regional Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-pirie-regional-health-service/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 29 days | not published | 15 surgeries | | 10 | [Whyalla Hospital and Health Services](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/whyalla-hospital-and-health-services/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 33 days | 0.0% | 77 surgeries | | 11 | [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 34 days | not published | 10 surgeries | | 12 | [Riverland General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/riverland-general-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 37 days | 0.0% | 156 surgeries | | 13 | [Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-barker-district-soldiers-memorial-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 41 days | 0.0% | 158 surgeries | | 14 | [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 43 days | 0.5% | 414 surgeries | | 15 | [Noarlunga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/noarlunga-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 50 days | 3.0% | 331 surgeries | | 15 | [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 50 days | 3.7% | 542 surgeries | | 17 | [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 54 days | 3.0% | 395 surgeries | | 18 | [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 55 days | 3.5% | 345 surgeries | | 19 | [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 84 days | 4.5% | 376 surgeries | | unranked | [Ceduna District Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ceduna-district-health-service/dilatation-and-curettage/) | not published | not published | 7 surgeries | | unranked | [Kangaroo Island Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kangaroo-island-health-service/dilatation-and-curettage/) | not published | not published | 8 surgeries | Ranked by area in South Australia: [near the Adelaide CBD](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dilatation-and-curettage/near/adelaide-cbd/) · [near Bedford Park](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dilatation-and-curettage/near/bedford-park/) · [near Elizabeth Vale](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dilatation-and-curettage/near/elizabeth-vale/). **Cite this page** > The median wait for dilatation and curettage in South Australia public hospitals was 42 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Dilatation and curettage waiting times in SA", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dilatation-and-curettage/sa/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dilatation-and-curettage/sa/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dilatation-and-curettage/sa/)), 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. Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — [read what that means](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dilatation-and-curettage/), or see [every surgery reported in South Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/state/sa/). ## 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. 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