Surgery Waits

Adenoidectomy waiting time at Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services

The median wait for adenoidectomy at this public hospital in the Port Augusta area of South Australia was 145 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
145 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
19 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 70 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 32 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 35 days in 2016–17 to 145 days in 2024–25 — up 314% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Lyell McEwin Hospital, about 262 km away, at 137 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Adenoidectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services145 daysnot published19 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)130 days13.4%329 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)144 days15.5%3784 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 144 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for adenoidectomy by financial year at Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services, compared with South Australia and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services 145SA 130Australia 144
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Adenoidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodPort Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17354884
2017–18277295
2018–19555597
2019–20707797
2020–215484207
2021–225197111
2022–235394128
2023–24not published112148
2024–25145130144

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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