Arthroscopy waiting time at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Woodville South area of South Australia was 126 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

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

Median wait: 126 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 57 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 14.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

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 114 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 88 days in 2016–17 to 126 days in 2024–25 — up 43% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Adelaide Hospital, about 6 km away, at 64 days. Here, 14.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.1%.

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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
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital	126 days	14.0%	57 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	62 days	3.7%	1061 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	78 days	7.1%	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.

Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 6 km away64 days
Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 7 km away127 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 15 km away83 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 16 km away19 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 19 km away95 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 29 km away78 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 38 km away38 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 38 km away15 days

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

How the wait has changed

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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 period	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	88	56	68
2017–18	66	54	72
2018–19	87	56	75
2019–20	104	65	76
2020–21	131	41	89
2021–22	210	57	85
2022–23	260	45	86
2023–24	67	50	78
2024–25	126	62	78

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

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