Curettage and evacuation of uterus waiting time at Women's and Children's Hospital
The median wait for curettage and evacuation of uterus at this public hospital in the North Adelaide area of South Australia was 5 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
- 5 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 157 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 81 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 48 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 1 day in 2017–18 to 5 days in 2024–25 — up 400% — while the national median rose from 3 days to 4 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, about 31 km away, at 4 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.1%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's and Children's Hospital | 5 days | 0.0% | 157 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 7 days | 0.3% | 2397 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 5 days | 0.0% | 200 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 2 days | 0.0% | 2044 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 4 days | 0.1% | 8500 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
- Women's and Children's Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Women's and Children's Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 3 |
| 2017–18 | 1 | not published | 3 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | not published | 5 |
| 2019–20 | 2 | not published | 4 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | not published | 4 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not published | 4 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 4 |
| 2023–24 | 4 | not published | 5 |
| 2024–25 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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