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Shoulder joint replacement waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Shoulder joint replacement, 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 Shoulder joint replacement in public hospitals was 174 days in 2024–25, from 2417 surgeries. 20.4% of people waited more than 365 days. 89 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 174 days marks the national median.

Shoulder joint replacement 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 116 days 11.8% 575 surgeries
2 Queensland 123 days 17.0% 352 surgeries
3 South Australia 140 days 15.3% 118 surgeries
4 Western Australia 148 days 13.1% 397 surgeries
5 New South Wales 325 days 30.9% 912 surgeries
unranked Australian Capital Territory not published not published 53 surgeries
unranked Northern Territory not published not published 10 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Shoulder joint replacement by financial year, Australia and the states with the shortest mediansdays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Australia 174VIC 116QLD 123SA 140
  • Australia
  • VIC
  • QLD
  • SA
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Median wait in days for Shoulder joint replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAustralia (days)VIC (days)QLD (days)SA (days)
2016–1714712699not published
2017–1815211696not published
2018–19163137145not published
2019–20154108155not published
2020–21246164264not published
2021–22218116185not published
2022–23254225169not published
2023–24192156138127
2024–25174116123140

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.