Hysterectomy waiting time at Gawler Health Service

Median wait, long waits and volumes for hysterectomy — published by the source as “Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)” — at this public hospital in the Gawler 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: 103 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 18 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 126 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 69 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 33 days in 2011–12 to 103 days in 2024–25 — up 212% — while the national median rose from 53 days to 74 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Adelaide Hospital, about 39 km away, at 21 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Gawler Health Service	103 days	not published	18 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	80 days	9.3%	819 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	74 days	7.4%	9163 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 74 days marks the national median.

Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 19 km away166 days
Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 38 km away106 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 38 km away112 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 39 km away21 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 51 km away65 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 55 km away193 days
Whyalla Hospital and Health ServicesSA · about 205 km away57 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 Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Gawler Health Service (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	33	40	53
2012–13	39	42	53
2013–14	71	47	52
2014–15	72	46	55
2015–16	51	45	52
2016–17	33	37	55
2017–18	32	50	57
2018–19	33	56	61
2019–20	19	57	63
2020–21	20	78	80
2021–22	not published	75	74
2022–23	not published	70	84
2023–24	not published	64	77
2024–25	103	80	74

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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