Elective Surgery

444 The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK ().19 August 2025). Can the Minister for Health and Wellbeing advise—

1. What was the average overdue wait times, in days, for

(a) For category 1 elective surgery patients on public hospital waiting lists in South Australia in the financial year 2024-25?

(b) For category 2 elective surgery patients on public hospital waiting lists in South Australia in the financial year 2024-25?

(c) Category 3 elective surgery patients in South Australia on public hospital waiting lists in the financial year 2024-25?

2. How many patients in South Australia experienced adverse outcomes as a result of their elective surgery being overdue?

3. How many public hospital waiting list elective surgeries in South Australia were cancelled in 2024-25?

4. What savings did the state government make as a result of elective surgeries cancellations in 2024-25?

5. What would be the estimated cost of eliminating the waiting list for overdue elective surgeries in South Australia as of 1 June 2025?

6. What is the earliest date the elimination of overdue waiting lists could be achieved by?

7. How many elective surgeries from public hospital waiting lists has the state government agreed to perform at the Western Hospital in the financial years 2025-26; 2026-27; 2027-28?

8. How many elective surgeries from public hospital waiting lists were performed at the Western Hospital in 2024-25?

9. What was the total cost of public funded elective surgery in South Australia in 2024-25?

10. What was the median cost for a public funded elective surgery procedure in 2024-25?

11. What was the median cost for a general surgery elective surgery procedure in 2024-25?

12. What was the median cost for a ophthalmology elective surgery procedure in 2024-25?

13. What was the median cost for a neurosurgery elective surgery procedure in 2024-25?

14. What was the median cost for a orthopaedics elective surgery procedure in 2024-25?

15. What was the median cost for a ENT elective surgery procedure in 2024-25?

16. What was the median cost for a urology elective surgery procedure in 2024-25?

17. What was the median cost for a gynaelogy elective surgery procedure in 2024-25?

18. What was the median cost for a vascular surgery elective surgery procedure in 2024-25?

19. What was the median cost for a plastic surgery elective surgery procedure in 2024-25?

20. What was the median cost for a thoracic surgery elective surgery procedure in 2024-25?

21. What was the median cost for a cranio-facial surgery elective surgery procedure in 2024-25?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Deputy Premier, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State): The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has advised:

Statistics on elective surgery are regularly reported by the Australian Institute for Health and Welfare, the Productivity Commission Report on Government Services, annual reports of local health networks, state budget papers, and reports from the Independent Hospital and Aged Care Pricing Authority.