--- title: "Breast removal waiting times in South Australia" description: "Public hospitals in South Australia ranked by median wait for Breast removal in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/mastectomy/sa/" --- # Breast removal waiting times in South Australia The median wait for breast removal in South Australia public hospitals was **19 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **19 days**. The source publishes this surgery as "Mastectomy". Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 7 public hospitals in South Australia reported breast removal 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 "Mastectomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept. 3 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 19 days marks the national median. - [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/mastectomy/): 16 days - [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/mastectomy/): 18 days - [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/mastectomy/): 20 days - [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/mastectomy/): 21 days - [Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/millicent-and-district-hospital-and-health-service/mastectomy/): not published - [Naracoorte Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/mastectomy/): not published - [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/mastectomy/): not published Mastectomy 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 | [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/mastectomy/) | 16 days | 1.1% | 265 surgeries | | 2 | [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/mastectomy/) | 18 days | 5.3% | 75 surgeries | | 3 | [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/mastectomy/) | 20 days | 1.5% | 131 surgeries | | 4 | [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/mastectomy/) | 21 days | not published | 23 surgeries | | unranked | [Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/millicent-and-district-hospital-and-health-service/mastectomy/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Naracoorte Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/mastectomy/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/mastectomy/) | not published | not published | not published | Ranked by area in South Australia: [near Elizabeth Vale](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/mastectomy/near/elizabeth-vale/). **Cite this page** > The median wait for breast removal in South Australia public hospitals was 19 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Breast removal waiting times in South Australia", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/mastectomy/sa/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/mastectomy/sa/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/mastectomy/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/mastectomy/), 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. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you. **In an emergency call 000.** 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. Surgery Waits is published by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). * * * This is the Markdown copy of https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/mastectomy/sa/.