Surgery Waits

Arthroscopy waiting time at South Coast District Hospital

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Victor Harbor area of South Australia was 42 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
42 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
32 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 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 64 days in 2016–17 to 42 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 Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, about 58 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
South Coast District Hospital42 daysnot published32 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 South Coast District Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25South Coast District Hospital 42SA 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 periodSouth Coast District Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17645668
2017–18605472
2018–19695675
2019–20466576
2020–21264189
2021–22195785
2022–23424586
2023–24345078
2024–25426278

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

All surgery at South Coast District Hospital · Arthroscopy across Australia · Arthroscopy in South Australia