Knee replacement at Lyell McEwin Hospital
Lyell McEwin Hospital is a public hospital in the Elizabeth Vale area, South Australia. This page shows its waiting times for Knee replacement in 2024–25, beside the figures for South Australia and for Australia.
The source publishes this surgery as "Total knee replacement".
Figures for this hospital
Each tile shows one figure for Knee replacement at Lyell McEwin Hospital.
A rank compares this hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.
- Median wait, Lyell McEwin Hospital
- 114 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Rank23rd of 128 nationally
Change on the year before-245 days
- Waiting more than 365 days, Lyell McEwin Hospital
- 14.8%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Rank47th of 110 nationally
- Patients treated, Lyell McEwin Hospital
- 54 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Compared with the state and Australia
The state and national rows cover every public hospital that reported Knee replacement. They are never ranked.
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| Who the figures cover | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyell McEwin Hospital | 114 days | 14.8% | 54 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 147 days | 14.7% | 1,322 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 255 days | 23.2% | 17,987 surgeries |
Shorter waits nearby
Lyell McEwin Hospital has 8 public hospitals on its list of nearby public hospitals. The open hospitals below come from that list, nearest first, and each published a shorter median wait for Knee replacement than Lyell McEwin Hospital did. Each distance is measured in a straight line.
- Modbury Hospital10 kilometres away99 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
How this hospital's wait has changed
The median wait for Knee replacement at Lyell McEwin Hospital has fallen from 383 days in 2011–12 to 114 days in 2024–25. The earlier figure is from 2011–12, released 19 August 2026, and the latest is from 2024–25, released 19 August 2026.
How the wait has changed
Each chart shows the median wait for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.
- Lyell McEwin Hospital
- South Australia
- Australia
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| Financial year | Lyell McEwin Hospital | South Australia | Australia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 383 days | 173 days | 184 days |
| 2012–13 | 342 days | 153 days | 196 days |
| 2013–14 | 205 days | 161 days | 194 days |
| 2014–15 | 264 days | 212 days | 191 days |
| 2015–16 | 357 days | 222 days | 188 days |
| 2016–17 | 358 days | 254 days | 195 days |
| 2017–18 | 351 days | 273 days | 198 days |
| 2018–19 | 320 days | 244 days | 209 days |
| 2019–20 | 117 days | 189 days | 223 days |
| 2020–21 | 367 days | 318 days | 308 days |
| 2021–22 | 135 days | 307 days | 293 days |
| 2022–23 | 381 days | 230 days | 308 days |
| 2023–24 | 359 days | 167 days | 265 days |
| 2024–25 | 114 days | 147 days | 255 days |
More on this page's subjects
All planned surgery at Lyell McEwin Hospital
What this page leaves out
Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.
Before you use these figures
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Where this data comes from
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 3 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times/v/2026-10-03/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and intended procedure, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 20 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-procedure/v/2026-10-20/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 20 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 3 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/