Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression waiting time at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services

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: 54 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 18 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 11 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
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services	54 days	not published	18 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	106 days	9.4%	202 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.

Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)SA · about 100 km away134 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 205 km away14 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 230 km away135 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 239 km away306 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 249 km away134 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	Whyalla Hospital and Health Services (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not reported for this period	not published	85
2017–18	55	97	95
2018–19	not published	91	98
2019–20	55	83	108
2020–21	217	163	141
2021–22	not published	105	131
2022–23	not published	79	154
2023–24	43	109	101
2024–25	54	106	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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