Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression, nationally and by state.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Across Australia, the median wait for Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression in public hospitals was 92 days in 2024–25, from 1418 surgeries. 6.3% of people waited more than 365 days. 43 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

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

Victoria79 days
Western Australia90 days
South Australia106 days
New South Wales127 days
Northern Territorynot published
Queenslandnot published

Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	State or territory	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Victoria	79 days	7.3%	480 surgeries
2	Western Australia	90 days	3.0%	537 surgeries
3	South Australia	106 days	9.4%	202 surgeries
4	New South Wales	127 days	9.7%	103 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Queensland	not published	not published	93 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
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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	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	WA (days)	SA (days)
2016–17	85	75	73	not published
2017–18	95	84	83	97
2018–19	98	82	75	91
2019–20	108	89	92	83
2020–21	141	133	94	163
2021–22	131	117	101	105
2022–23	154	193	112	79
2023–24	101	104	88	109
2024–25	92	79	90	106

What is not here

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

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.