Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at The Alfred

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: 52 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 23 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 5 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
The Alfred	52 days	not published	23 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.

St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 4 km away75 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 8 km away107 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 10 km away18 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 11 km away282 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away176 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 12 km away203 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 13 km away302 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 13 km away104 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 Shoulder joint replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Alfred (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	151	126	147
2017–18	58	116	152
2018–19	62	137	163
2019–20	12	108	154
2020–21	not published	164	246
2021–22	not published	116	218
2022–23	408	225	254
2023–24	111	156	192
2024–25	52	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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