Hip replacement waiting time at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services

Median wait, long waits and volumes for hip replacement — published by the source as “Total hip replacement” — at this public hospital in the Whyalla 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: 194 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 33 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 81 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 192 days in 2011–12 to 194 days in 2024–25 — up 1% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Port Pirie Regional Health Service, about 43 km away, at 85 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Total hip replacement, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services	194 days	not published	33 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

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.

Port Pirie Regional Health ServiceSA · about 43 km away85 days
Clare HospitalSA · about 131 km away31 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 215 km away85 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 224 km away204 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 225 km away92 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 230 km away107 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 239 km away63 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 249 km away91 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 hip replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Whyalla Hospital and Health Services (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	192	130	116
2012–13	137	108	116
2013–14	280	104	106
2014–15	294	117	109
2015–16	176	144	114
2016–17	122	174	110
2017–18	131	167	119
2018–19	123	137	119
2019–20	151	119	120
2020–21	237	165	179
2021–22	284	168	153
2022–23	214	127	175
2023–24	128	99	135
2024–25	194	97	130

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

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