Surgery Waits

Arthroscopy waiting time at Port Pirie Regional Health Service

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Port Pirie area of South Australia was 55 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
55 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
42 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 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 37 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 83 days in 2016–17 to 55 days in 2024–25 — down 34% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Whyalla Hospital and Health Services, about 43 km away, at 38 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthroscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Port Pirie Regional Health Service55 daysnot published42 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)62 days3.7%1061 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)78 days7.1%8779 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for arthroscopy by financial year at Port Pirie Regional Health Service, compared with South Australia and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Port Pirie Regional Health Service 55SA 62Australia 78
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Arthroscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodPort Pirie Regional Health Service (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17835668
2017–18785472
2018–19845675
2019–20906576
2020–21614189
2021–221055785
2022–23564586
2023–24565078
2024–25556278

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

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