Shoulder reconstruction waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Shoulder reconstruction 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: 95 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 24 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 32 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 18 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 reconstruction, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
University Hospital Geelong	95 days	not published	24 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	272 days	13.4%	119 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	54 days	2.0%	149 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	88 days	6.6%	835 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 88 days marks the national median.

The AlfredVIC · about 64 km away71 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]VIC · about 137 km away28 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 219 km away62 days
Wagga Wagga HospitalNSW · about 430 km away194 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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 reconstruction, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	University Hospital Geelong (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	52	69	80
2017–18	135	82	84
2018–19	69	81	84
2019–20	142	79	90
2020–21	173	82	92
2021–22	not published	not published	98
2022–23	241	89	109
2023–24	96	85	89
2024–25	95	54	88

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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