Surgery Waits

Arthroscopy waiting time at Angaston District Hospital

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Penrice area of South Australia was 25 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
25 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
12 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 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 43 days in 2016–17 to 25 days in 2024–25 — down 42% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gawler Health Service, about 29 km away, at 15 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
Angaston District Hospital25 daysnot published12 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 Angaston District Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Angaston District Hospital 25SA 62Australia 78
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Median wait in days for Arthroscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAngaston District Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17435668
2017–18245472
2018–19205675
2019–20166576
2020–21114189
2021–22not published5785
2022–23174586
2023–24175078
2024–25256278

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

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