Ganglion - excision of waiting time at Flinders Medical Centre
The median wait for ganglion - excision of at this public hospital in the Bedford Park area of South Australia was 141 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
- 141 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 42 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 74 days in 2016–17 to 141 days in 2024–25 — up 91% — while the national median rose from 69 days to 105 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Noarlunga Hospital, about 15 km away, at 124 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flinders Medical Centre | 141 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 78 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 56 days | 5.6% | 322 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 105 days | 10.3% | 1191 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Flinders Medical Centre
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Flinders Medical Centre (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 74 | 52 | 69 |
| 2017–18 | 54 | 45 | 75 |
| 2018–19 | 46 | 39 | 80 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 53 | 91 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 74 | 145 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 136 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 70 | 136 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 107 |
| 2024–25 | 141 | not published | 105 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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