Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services is a public hospital in South Australia. It reported 38 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 41 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skin lesion - excision of | 18 days | 23 surgeries | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | 20 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 21 days | 66 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Arthroscopy | 26 days | 25 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 32 days | 29 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 34 days | 19 surgeries | not published |
| Total knee replacement | 88 days | 32 surgeries | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 119 days | 191 surgeries | 1.0% |
| Adenoidectomy | 145 days | 19 surgeries | not published |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 167 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| Septoplasty | 194 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Functional endoscopic sinus surgery | 203 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage | not published | not published | not published |
| Blepharoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Circumcision | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | not published | not published | not published |
| Diathermy of wart/s | not published | not published | not published |
| Ectropion - correction of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Female sterilisation | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Fundoplication | not published | not published | not published |
| Ganglion - excision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | not published | not published | not published |
| Hydrocele - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Myringotomy | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Nasal cautery | not published | not published | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Pterygium - excision of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Tendon release | not published | not published | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Total hip replacement | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Trigger finger/thumb release | not published | not published | not published |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior | not published | not published | not published |
| Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bartholin's cyst - removal of last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cone biopsy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Corneal graft last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cystectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cystoscopy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dermoid cyst - removal of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dialysis access surgery last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dupytren's contracture release last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Endometrial ablation last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Examination of eye under anaesthesia last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Haemorrhoidectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Mastectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Meatoplasty last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nasendoscopy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Neonatal surgery last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nerve decompression last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Osteotomy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Prostate biopsy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ptosis - repair of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pyogenic granuloma - removal of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Rotator cuff - repair of last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Scar revision last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Stress incontinence surgery last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Sub-mucosal resection last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tenotomy of hip last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Trabeculectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Turbinectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Urethra - dilatation of last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2015–16 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 9 days | 96% | 128 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 29 days | 99% | 172 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 121 days | 100% | 370 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.