Category 3 (non-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 Ceduna District Health Service down to 43% at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Category 3 (non-urgent) means surgery is recommended within 365 days of being placed on the waiting list. Surgery for a condition causing minimal pain, dysfunction or disability, and unlikely to deteriorate quickly. The table ranks South Australia's public hospitals by the share of non-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 | Ceduna District Health Service | 100% | 14 days | 51 surgeries |
| 1 | Jamestown Hospital and Health Service | 100% | 21 days | 45 surgeries |
| 1 | Kangaroo Island Health Service | 100% | 11 days | 19 surgeries |
| 1 | Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service | 100% | 33 days | 30 surgeries |
| 1 | Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services | 100% | 121 days | 370 surgeries |
| 1 | Port Lincoln Health Service | 100% | 17 days | 587 surgeries |
| 1 | Renmark Paringa District Hospital | 100% | 30 days | 26 surgeries |
| 1 | Waikerie Health Service | 100% | 21 days | 11 surgeries |
| 9 | Angaston District Hospital | 99% | 53 days | 433 surgeries |
| 9 | Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital | 99% | 204 days | 878 surgeries |
| 11 | Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital | 98% | 77 days | 341 surgeries |
| 12 | Clare Hospital | 97% | 30 days | 398 surgeries |
| 12 | Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service | 97% | 216 days | 996 surgeries |
| 14 | South Coast District Hospital | 96% | 18 days | 950 surgeries |
| 14 | Whyalla Hospital and Health Services | 96% | 203 days | 410 surgeries |
| 16 | Naracoorte Health Service | 90% | 127 days | 232 surgeries |
| 16 | Riverland General Hospital | 90% | 136 days | 729 surgeries |
| 18 | Gawler Health Service | 87% | 55 days | 1007 surgeries |
| 19 | Crystal Brook and District Hospital | 83% | 50 days | 12 surgeries |
| 20 | Flinders Medical Centre | 82% | 168 days | 2485 surgeries |
| 21 | Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo) | 76% | 140 days | 310 surgeries |
| 22 | Noarlunga Hospital | 73% | 334 days | 1125 surgeries |
| 23 | Modbury Hospital | 70% | 334 days | 1036 surgeries |
| 24 | Women's and Children's Hospital | 69% | 339 days | 842 surgeries |
| 25 | Port Pirie Regional Health Service | 65% | 280 days | 526 surgeries |
| 26 | Royal Adelaide Hospital | 61% | 309 days | 1139 surgeries |
| 27 | Lyell McEwin Hospital | 51% | 365 days | 595 surgeries |
| 28 | The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 43% | 393 days | 1200 surgeries |
| unranked | Bordertown Memorial Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Kapunda Hospital | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | Loxton Hospital Complex | not published | not published | 8 surgeries |
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.