Total knee replacement waiting time at Port Pirie Regional Health Service

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Total knee replacement 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: 110 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 109 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 22.9%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 128 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 21 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 Total knee replacement, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Port Pirie Regional Health Service	110 days	22.9%	109 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	147 days	14.7%	1322 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	255 days	23.2%	17987 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 255 days marks the national median.

Whyalla Hospital and Health ServicesSA · about 43 km away180 days
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health ServicesSA · about 77 km away88 days
Clare HospitalSA · about 92 km away36 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 185 km away114 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 195 km away99 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 196 km away290 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 201 km away183 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 212 km away130 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 Total knee replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Port Pirie Regional Health Service (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	195	173	184
2012–13	153	153	196
2013–14	259	161	194
2014–15	307	212	191
2015–16	307	222	188
2016–17	300	254	195
2017–18	279	273	198
2018–19	274	244	209
2019–20	279	189	223
2020–21	279	318	308
2021–22	300	307	293
2022–23	201	230	308
2023–24	165	167	265
2024–25	110	147	255

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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