Surgery Waits

Radical neck dissection waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital

The median wait for radical neck dissection at this public hospital in the Adelaide area of South Australia was 7 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
7 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
66 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%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 17 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 1 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 9 days in 2016–17 to 7 days in 2024–25 — down 22% — while the national median rose from 13 days to 15 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.9%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Radical neck dissection, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Adelaide Hospital7 days0.0%66 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)not publishednot published70 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)13 days0.0%199 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)15 days0.9%535 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 15 days marks the national median.

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

Median wait for radical neck dissection by financial year at Royal Adelaide Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays04811152016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Adelaide Hospital 7SA 8Australia 15
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Radical neck dissection, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Adelaide Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–179not published13
2017–188814
2018–198not published15
2019–207not published12
2020–218not published13
2021–227not published13
2022–237not published14
2023–249not published13
2024–257not published15

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

All surgery at Royal Adelaide Hospital · Radical neck dissection across Australia · Radical neck dissection in South Australia