Functional endoscopic sinus surgery waiting time at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
The median wait for functional endoscopic sinus surgery at this public hospital in the Woodville South area of South Australia was 254 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
- 254 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 77 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 36.4%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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 39 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 77 days in 2016–17 to 254 days in 2024–25 — up 230% — while the national median rose from 111 days to 214 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Adelaide Hospital, about 6 km away, at 213 days. Here, 36.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 22.7%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 254 days | 36.4% | 77 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 267 days | 28.9% | 318 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 214 days | 22.7% | 2508 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 77 | not published | 111 |
| 2017–18 | 123 | 93 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 86 | 139 | 139 |
| 2019–20 | 71 | 90 | 127 |
| 2020–21 | 96 | 190 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | 253 | 276 | 154 |
| 2022–23 | 209 | 323 | 292 |
| 2023–24 | 244 | 260 | 274 |
| 2024–25 | 254 | 267 | 214 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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