The Queen Elizabeth Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital is a public hospital in South Australia. It reported 15 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25.
Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed last and is never ranked.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myringotomy | 33 days | 21 surgeries | not published |
| Cystoscopy | 62 days | 194 surgeries | 4.1% |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 75 days | 35 surgeries | not published |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | 79 days | 45 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 87 days | 148 surgeries | 1.4% |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 96 days | 57 surgeries | 3.5% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 110 days | 118 surgeries | 3.4% |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 112 days | 106 surgeries | 14.2% |
| Total hip replacement | 204 days | 56 surgeries | 19.6% |
| Septoplasty | 217 days | 90 surgeries | 17.8% |
| Total knee replacement | 290 days | 101 surgeries | 34.7% |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | 380 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 383 days | 603 surgeries | 53.6% |
| Coronary artery bypass grafting | not published | not published | not published |
| Varicose veins treatment | not published | not published | not published |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 22 days | 68% | 2672 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 109 days | 39% | 2405 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 393 days | 43% | 1200 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.