Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy waiting times in South Australia

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

4 public hospitals in South Australia reported Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy in 2024–25. The state median was 20 days; the national median was 17 days.

2 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.

Flinders Medical Centre20 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital22 days
Lyell McEwin Hospitalnot published
Women's and Children's Hospitalnot published

Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy in South Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Flinders Medical Centre	20 days	0.0%	67 surgeries
2	Royal Adelaide Hospital	22 days	0.0%	100 surgeries
unranked	Lyell McEwin Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Women's and Children's Hospital	not published	not published	not published

What is not here

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

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state.