Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Shoulder joint replacement at this public hospital, 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: 123 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 26 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 89 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 27 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Shoulder joint replacement, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]	123 days	not published	26 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	140 days	15.3%	118 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	116 days	11.8%	575 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	174 days	20.4%	2417 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 174 days marks the national median.

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 151 km away90 days
Mount Gambier and Districts Health ServiceSA · about 161 km away54 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 167 km away154 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 219 km away107 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 221 km away18 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 227 km away104 days
The AlfredVIC · about 227 km away52 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 228 km away75 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Shoulder joint replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not published	126	147
2017–18	89	116	152
2018–19	59	137	163
2019–20	not published	108	154
2020–21	not published	164	246
2021–22	not published	116	218
2022–23	179	225	254
2023–24	152	156	192
2024–25	123	116	174

What is not here

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

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