Rotator cuff repair waiting time at Royal Adelaide 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 Adelaide 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
- 136 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 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 175 days in 2018–19 to 136 days in 2024–25 — down 22% — while the national median fell from 127 days to 111 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Noarlunga Hospital, about 26 km away, at 106 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | 136 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 74 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 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Adelaide Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 103 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 58 | 104 |
| 2018–19 | 175 | 66 | 127 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 123 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 203 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 151 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 41 | 193 |
| 2023–24 | 35 | not published | 150 |
| 2024–25 | 136 | not published | 111 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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