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South Australia: Category 3, non-urgent

Surgery in category 3, non-urgent, is recommended within 365 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 3, non-urgent: public hospitals in South Australia2024–25, released 19 August 2026
HospitalTreated within the recommended timeMedian waitPatients treated
Ceduna District Health Service100%Rank 1st of 246 nationally14 daysRank 5th of 246 nationally51 surgeries
Jamestown Hospital and Health Service100%Rank 1st of 246 nationally21 daysRank 8th of 246 nationally45 surgeries
Kangaroo Island Health Service100%Rank 1st of 246 nationally11 daysRank 3rd of 246 nationally19 surgeries
Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service100%Rank 1st of 246 nationally33 daysRank 15th of 246 nationally30 surgeries
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services100%Rank 1st of 246 nationally121 daysRank 80th of 246 nationally370 surgeries
Port Lincoln Health Service100%Rank 1st of 246 nationally17 daysRank 6th of 246 nationally587 surgeries
Renmark Paringa District Hospital100%Rank 1st of 246 nationally30 daysRank 12th of 246 nationally26 surgeries
Waikerie Health Service100%Rank 1st of 246 nationally21 daysRank 8th of 246 nationally11 surgeries
Angaston District Hospital99%Rank 40th of 246 nationally53 daysRank 26th of 246 nationally433 surgeries
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital99%Rank 40th of 246 nationally204 daysRank 127th of 246 nationally878 surgeries
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital98%Rank 57th of 246 nationally77 daysRank 45th of 246 nationally341 surgeries
Clare Hospital97%Rank 68th of 246 nationally30 daysRank 12th of 246 nationally398 surgeries
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service97%Rank 68th of 246 nationally216 daysRank 136th of 246 nationally996 surgeries
South Coast District Hospital96%Rank 77th of 246 nationally18 daysRank 7th of 246 nationally950 surgeries
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services96%Rank 77th of 246 nationally203 daysRank 126th of 246 nationally410 surgeries
Naracoorte Health Service90%Rank 119th of 246 nationally127 daysRank 85th of 246 nationally232 surgeries
Riverland General Hospital90%Rank 119th of 246 nationally136 daysRank 92nd of 246 nationally729 surgeries
Gawler Health Service87%Rank 136th of 246 nationally55 daysRank 27th of 246 nationally1,007 surgeries
Crystal Brook and District Hospital83%Rank 152nd of 246 nationally50 daysRank 23rd of 246 nationally12 surgeries
Flinders Medical Centre82%Rank 160th of 246 nationally168 daysRank 109th of 246 nationally2,485 surgeries
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)76%Rank 185th of 246 nationally140 daysRank 93rd of 246 nationally310 surgeries
Noarlunga Hospital73%Rank 194th of 246 nationally334 daysRank 202nd of 246 nationally1,125 surgeries
Modbury Hospital70%Rank 199th of 246 nationally334 daysRank 202nd of 246 nationally1,036 surgeries
Women's and Children's Hospital69%Rank 200th of 246 nationally339 daysRank 213th of 246 nationally842 surgeries
Port Pirie Regional Health Service65%Rank 209th of 246 nationally280 daysRank 169th of 246 nationally526 surgeries
Royal Adelaide Hospital61%Rank 223rd of 246 nationally309 daysRank 183rd of 246 nationally1,139 surgeries
Lyell McEwin Hospital51%Rank 235th of 246 nationally365 daysRank 236th of 246 nationally595 surgeries
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital43%Rank 238th of 246 nationally393 daysRank 243rd of 246 nationally1,200 surgeries
Bordertown Memorial Hospitalnot published: no patients reportednot published: no patients reportednot published: no patients reported
Kapunda 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 figure5 surgeries
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 figure8 surgeries

All of Australia: Category 3, non-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.

In an emergency, call 000.

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/