Dupuytren's contracture surgery waiting time at Shellharbour Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for Dupuytren's contracture surgery — published by the source as “Dupytren's contracture release” — at this public hospital in the Shellharbour City Centre area of New South Wales, 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
- 350 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 28 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 63 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 55 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 233 days in 2016–17 to 350 days in 2024–25 — up 50% — while the national median rose from 99 days to 150 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Shoalhaven Hospital, about 41 km away, at 341 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shellharbour Hospital | 350 days | not published | 28 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 329 days | 27.7% | 589 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 150 days | 17.9% | 1777 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
- Shellharbour Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Shellharbour Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 233 | 213 | 99 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 214 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 210 | 234 | 105 |
| 2019–20 | 292 | 257 | 128 |
| 2020–21 | 290 | 313 | 190 |
| 2021–22 | 288 | 311 | 198 |
| 2022–23 | 258 | 317 | 202 |
| 2023–24 | 304 | 321 | 169 |
| 2024–25 | 350 | 329 | 150 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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