Category 1 (urgent) waiting times in South Australia
Of the 25 public hospitals that published a figure for 2024–25, the share treated on time ranged from 100% at Ceduna District Health Service down to 60% at Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Category 1 (urgent) means surgery is recommended within 30 days of being placed on the waiting list. Surgery that is clinically urgent: the condition can deteriorate quickly enough to become an emergency. The table ranks South Australia's public hospitals by the share of urgent patients treated within that time in 2024–25.
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures.
| Rank | Hospital | Treated on time | Median wait | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ceduna District Health Service | 100% | 2 days | 18 surgeries |
| 1 | Clare Hospital | 100% | 7 days | 10 surgeries |
| 1 | Crystal Brook and District Hospital | 100% | 7 days | 11 surgeries |
| 1 | Kangaroo Island Health Service | 100% | 6 days | 19 surgeries |
| 1 | Women's and Children's Hospital | 100% | 10 days | 1254 surgeries |
| 6 | Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo) | 99% | 14 days | 65 surgeries |
| 7 | Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital | 98% | 5 days | 89 surgeries |
| 8 | Lyell McEwin Hospital | 97% | 18 days | 1287 surgeries |
| 9 | Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital | 96% | 15 days | 48 surgeries |
| 9 | Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services | 96% | 9 days | 128 surgeries |
| 11 | Riverland General Hospital | 94% | 13 days | 196 surgeries |
| 12 | Modbury Hospital | 93% | 25 days | 1332 surgeries |
| 12 | Noarlunga Hospital | 93% | 21 days | 1735 surgeries |
| 14 | Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service | 92% | 9 days | 396 surgeries |
| 14 | Port Lincoln Health Service | 92% | 13 days | 112 surgeries |
| 16 | Angaston District Hospital | 91% | 14 days | 43 surgeries |
| 16 | Flinders Medical Centre | 91% | 15 days | 4412 surgeries |
| 18 | South Coast District Hospital | 89% | 14 days | 102 surgeries |
| 19 | Naracoorte Health Service | 88% | 16 days | 77 surgeries |
| 20 | Gawler Health Service | 85% | 14 days | 119 surgeries |
| 21 | Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service | 82% | 13 days | 34 surgeries |
| 22 | Port Pirie Regional Health Service | 75% | 27 days | 93 surgeries |
| 23 | Whyalla Hospital and Health Services | 74% | 19 days | 339 surgeries |
| 24 | The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 68% | 22 days | 2672 surgeries |
| 25 | Royal Adelaide Hospital | 60% | 26 days | 5544 surgeries |
| unranked | Bordertown Memorial Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Jamestown Hospital and Health Service | not published | not published | 8 surgeries |
| unranked | Kapunda Hospital | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | Loxton Hospital Complex | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Renmark Paringa District Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Waikerie Health Service | not published | not published | not published |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
Compare with every state's hospitals, see South Australia's waiting times by surgery, or start from what the urgency categories mean.