Rotator cuff repair waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
Median wait, long waits and volumes for rotator cuff repair — published by the source as “Rotator cuff - repair of” — at this public hospital in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria, 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
- 22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 40 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 154 days in 2023–24 to 22 days in 2024–25 — down 86% — while the national median fell from 150 days to 111 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 101 km away, at 18 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] | 22 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 62 days | 5.5% | 200 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 111 days | 12.9% | 1144 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 65 | 103 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 82 | 104 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 90 | 127 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 89 | 123 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 146 | 203 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 77 | 151 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 111 | 193 |
| 2023–24 | 154 | 75 | 150 |
| 2024–25 | 22 | 62 | 111 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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