Arthroscopy waiting time at Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Arthroscopy at this public hospital, 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: 138 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 52 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 118 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthroscopy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)	138 days	0.0%	52 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	62 days	3.7%	1061 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	78 days	7.1%	8779 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.

Port Pirie Regional Health ServiceSA · about 90 km away55 days
Clare HospitalSA · about 91 km away28 days
Whyalla Hospital and Health ServicesSA · about 100 km away38 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 127 km away15 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 131 km away95 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 134 km away126 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 140 km away83 days
Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 141 km away127 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 Arthroscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo) (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	169	56	68
2017–18	253	54	72
2018–19	248	56	75
2019–20	193	65	76
2020–21	54	41	89
2021–22	112	57	85
2022–23	140	45	86
2023–24	137	50	78
2024–25	138	62	78

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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