Category 2 (semi-urgent) waiting times in South Australia
Of the 28 public hospitals that published a figure for 2024–25, the share treated on time ranged from 100% at Kangaroo Island Health Service down to 39% at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Category 2 (semi-urgent) means surgery is recommended within 90 days of being placed on the waiting list. Surgery for a condition causing pain, dysfunction or disability, but unlikely to deteriorate quickly. The table ranks South Australia's public hospitals by the share of semi-urgent patients treated within that time in 2024–25.
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures.
| Rank | Hospital | Treated on time | Median wait | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kangaroo Island Health Service | 100% | 11 days | 42 surgeries |
| 1 | Renmark Paringa District Hospital | 100% | 31 days | 26 surgeries |
| 3 | Clare Hospital | 99% | 18 days | 92 surgeries |
| 3 | Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services | 99% | 29 days | 172 surgeries |
| 5 | Port Lincoln Health Service | 98% | 24 days | 241 surgeries |
| 6 | Ceduna District Health Service | 96% | 29 days | 22 surgeries |
| 6 | Kapunda Hospital | 96% | 19 days | 22 surgeries |
| 6 | Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo) | 96% | 25 days | 461 surgeries |
| 9 | Angaston District Hospital | 95% | 38 days | 176 surgeries |
| 10 | Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital | 94% | 41 days | 382 surgeries |
| 10 | South Coast District Hospital | 94% | 21 days | 473 surgeries |
| 12 | Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital | 92% | 26 days | 286 surgeries |
| 13 | Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service | 90% | 34 days | 127 surgeries |
| 14 | Gawler Health Service | 89% | 15 days | 398 surgeries |
| 14 | Naracoorte Health Service | 89% | 44 days | 355 surgeries |
| 16 | Whyalla Hospital and Health Services | 88% | 62 days | 537 surgeries |
| 17 | Jamestown Hospital and Health Service | 87% | 25 days | 23 surgeries |
| 17 | Riverland General Hospital | 87% | 47 days | 610 surgeries |
| 19 | Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service | 86% | 38 days | 811 surgeries |
| 20 | Modbury Hospital | 61% | 78 days | 2800 surgeries |
| 21 | Port Pirie Regional Health Service | 59% | 82 days | 312 surgeries |
| 22 | Flinders Medical Centre | 57% | 82 days | 3797 surgeries |
| 22 | Women's and Children's Hospital | 57% | 86 days | 2580 surgeries |
| 24 | Crystal Brook and District Hospital | 52% | 86 days | 50 surgeries |
| 25 | Noarlunga Hospital | 51% | 90 days | 1722 surgeries |
| 26 | Lyell McEwin Hospital | 41% | 98 days | 2015 surgeries |
| 26 | Royal Adelaide Hospital | 41% | 107 days | 3533 surgeries |
| 28 | The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 39% | 109 days | 2405 surgeries |
| unranked | Bordertown Memorial Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Loxton Hospital Complex | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Waikerie Health Service | not published | not published | not published |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
Compare with every state's hospitals, see South Australia's waiting times by surgery, or start from what the urgency categories mean.