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South Australia: Category 2, semi-urgent

Surgery in category 2, semi-urgent, is recommended within 90 days of joining the waiting list. In South Australia, 28 public hospitals published a share treated on time in 2024–25.

Your treating specialist assigns the category after assessing you. The recommended time is a target.

Hospitals in South Australia

The highest share treated within the recommended time comes first. A hospital with no published share follows, in name order, and has no rank.

A rank compares a 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.

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Category 2, semi-urgent: public hospitals in South Australia2024–25, released 19 August 2026
HospitalTreated within the recommended timeMedian waitPatients treated
Kangaroo Island Health Service100%Rank 1st of 245 nationally11 daysRank 3rd of 245 nationally42 surgeries
Renmark Paringa District Hospital100%Rank 1st of 245 nationally31 daysRank 25th of 245 nationally26 surgeries
Clare Hospital99%Rank 23rd of 245 nationally18 daysRank 6th of 245 nationally92 surgeries
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services99%Rank 23rd of 245 nationally29 daysRank 21st of 245 nationally172 surgeries
Port Lincoln Health Service98%Rank 29th of 245 nationally24 daysRank 12th of 245 nationally241 surgeries
Ceduna District Health Service96%Rank 44th of 245 nationally29 daysRank 21st of 245 nationally22 surgeries
Kapunda Hospital96%Rank 44th of 245 nationally19 daysRank 7th of 245 nationally22 surgeries
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)96%Rank 44th of 245 nationally25 daysRank 15th of 245 nationally461 surgeries
Angaston District Hospital95%Rank 51st of 245 nationally38 daysRank 42nd of 245 nationally176 surgeries
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital94%Rank 58th of 245 nationally41 daysRank 50th of 245 nationally382 surgeries
South Coast District Hospital94%Rank 58th of 245 nationally21 daysRank 9th of 245 nationally473 surgeries
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital92%Rank 67th of 245 nationally26 daysRank 18th of 245 nationally286 surgeries
Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service90%Rank 80th of 245 nationally34 daysRank 31st of 245 nationally127 surgeries
Gawler Health Service89%Rank 85th of 245 nationally15 daysRank 4th of 245 nationally398 surgeries
Naracoorte Health Service89%Rank 85th of 245 nationally44 daysRank 64th of 245 nationally355 surgeries
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services88%Rank 93rd of 245 nationally62 daysRank 142nd of 245 nationally537 surgeries
Jamestown Hospital and Health Service87%Rank 101st of 245 nationally25 daysRank 15th of 245 nationally23 surgeries
Riverland General Hospital87%Rank 101st of 245 nationally47 daysRank 76th of 245 nationally610 surgeries
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service86%Rank 108th of 245 nationally38 daysRank 42nd of 245 nationally811 surgeries
Modbury Hospital61%Rank 195th of 245 nationally78 daysRank 207th of 245 nationally2,800 surgeries
Port Pirie Regional Health Service59%Rank 207th of 245 nationally82 daysRank 215th of 245 nationally312 surgeries
Flinders Medical Centre57%Rank 209th of 245 nationally82 daysRank 215th of 245 nationally3,797 surgeries
Women's and Children's Hospital57%Rank 209th of 245 nationally86 daysRank 223rd of 245 nationally2,580 surgeries
Crystal Brook and District Hospital52%Rank 224th of 245 nationally86 daysRank 223rd of 245 nationally50 surgeries
Noarlunga Hospital51%Rank 227th of 245 nationally90 daysRank 227th of 245 nationally1,722 surgeries
Lyell McEwin Hospital41%Rank 236th of 245 nationally98 daysRank 233rd of 245 nationally2,015 surgeries
Royal Adelaide Hospital41%Rank 236th of 245 nationally107 daysRank 236th of 245 nationally3,533 surgeries
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital39%Rank 238th of 245 nationally109 daysRank 237th of 245 nationally2,405 surgeries
Bordertown Memorial Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients
Loxton Hospital Complexnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients
Waikerie Health Servicenot published: no patients reportednot published: no patients reportednot published: no patients reported

All of Australia: Category 2, semi-urgent

South Australia: planned surgery waiting times

Other urgency categories

Each link opens the same figures for one of the other two categories.

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

Surgery Waits is not medical advice. Your general practitioner and your treating specialist can help you decide what is right for you.

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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
    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/