Adenoidectomy waiting time at Lyell McEwin Hospital

The median wait for adenoidectomy at this public hospital in the Elizabeth Vale area of South Australia was 137 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: 137 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 21 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 70 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 31 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 133 days in 2021–22 to 137 days in 2024–25 — up 3% — while the national median rose from 111 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Women's and Children's Hospital, about 19 km away, at 112 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Adenoidectomy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Lyell McEwin Hospital	137 days	not published	21 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	130 days	13.4%	329 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	144 days	15.5%	3784 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 144 days marks the national median.

Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 19 km away249 days
Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 19 km away112 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 32 km away334 days
Port Pirie Regional Health ServiceSA · about 185 km away451 days
Riverland General HospitalSA · about 185 km away29 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 Adenoidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Lyell McEwin Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not published	48	84
2017–18	not published	72	95
2018–19	not published	55	97
2019–20	not published	77	97
2020–21	not published	84	207
2021–22	133	97	111
2022–23	106	94	128
2023–24	161	112	148
2024–25	137	130	144

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

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