Hip replacement waiting time at Flinders Medical Centre
Median wait, long waits and volumes for hip replacement — published by the source as “Total hip replacement” — at this public hospital in the Bedford Park area of South Australia, 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
- 63 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 46 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 311 days in 2016–17 to 63 days in 2024–25 — down 80% — while the national median rose from 110 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, about 28 km away, at 38 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flinders Medical Centre | 63 days | not published | 46 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 97 days | 8.2% | 792 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 130 days | 13.0% | 12180 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Flinders Medical Centre
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Flinders Medical Centre (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 130 | 116 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 108 | 116 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 104 | 106 |
| 2014–15 | not published | 117 | 109 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 144 | 114 |
| 2016–17 | 311 | 174 | 110 |
| 2017–18 | 360 | 167 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 322 | 137 | 119 |
| 2019–20 | 143 | 119 | 120 |
| 2020–21 | 436 | 165 | 179 |
| 2021–22 | 347 | 168 | 153 |
| 2022–23 | 117 | 127 | 175 |
| 2023–24 | 96 | 99 | 135 |
| 2024–25 | 63 | 97 | 130 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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