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title: "Breast removal near Elizabeth Vale"
description: "Public hospitals in or near Elizabeth Vale ranked by median wait for breast removal, 2024–25. Shortest wait: 18 days."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/mastectomy/near/elizabeth-vale/"
---

# Breast removal near Elizabeth Vale

Near Elizabeth Vale, [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/mastectomy/) had the shortest median wait for breast removal in 2024–25: **18 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 breast removal, 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 "Mastectomy".

## Hospitals in or near Elizabeth Vale

Mastectomy at public hospitals in or near Elizabeth Vale, 2024–25, by median wait. Hospitals with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/mastectomy/) | 18 days | 5.3% | Elizabeth Vale, SA. In this area. |
| 2 | [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/mastectomy/) | 20 days | 1.5% | Woodville South, SA. Outside this area, about 15 km from Modbury Hospital. |
| 3 | [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/mastectomy/) | 21 days | not published | Modbury, SA. In this area. |

This area covers Lyell McEwin Hospital and Modbury Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Northern 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 Elizabeth Vale, Lyell McEwin Hospital had the shortest median wait for breast removal in 2024–25: 18 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Breast removal near Elizabeth Vale: hospital waits", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/mastectomy/near/elizabeth-vale/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/mastectomy/near/elizabeth-vale/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/mastectomy/near/elizabeth-vale/)), 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 breast removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/mastectomy/sa/), or every hospital in [Northern Adelaide](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/northern-adelaide/).

## 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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