Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression 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: 39 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 32 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 43 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 6 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 Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]	39 days	not published	32 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	79 days	7.3%	480 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	92 days	6.3%	1418 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 92 days marks the national median.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 8 km away250 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 9 km away170 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 10 km away188 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 15 km away84 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 17 km away83 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 18 km away82 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 41 km away42 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 66 km away157 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	101	75	85
2017–18	60	84	95
2018–19	51	82	98
2019–20	22	89	108
2020–21	53	133	141
2021–22	52	117	131
2022–23	109	193	154
2023–24	61	104	101
2024–25	39	79	92

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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