Total knee replacement waiting time at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Total knee replacement at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 180 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 72 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 128 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 45 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Total knee replacement, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services	180 days	0.0%	72 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	147 days	14.7%	1322 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	255 days	23.2%	17987 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 255 days marks the national median.

Port Pirie Regional Health ServiceSA · about 43 km away110 days
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health ServicesSA · about 61 km away88 days
Clare HospitalSA · about 131 km away36 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 215 km away114 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 224 km away290 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 225 km away99 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 230 km away183 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 239 km away130 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 Total knee replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Whyalla Hospital and Health Services (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	175	173	184
2012–13	161	153	196
2013–14	265	161	194
2014–15	278	212	191
2015–16	196	222	188
2016–17	166	254	195
2017–18	133	273	198
2018–19	125	244	209
2019–20	164	189	223
2020–21	267	318	308
2021–22	272	307	293
2022–23	228	230	308
2023–24	189	167	265
2024–25	180	147	255

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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