Shoulder reconstruction waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Shoulder reconstruction, 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 reconstruction in public hospitals was 88 days in 2024–25, from 835 surgeries. 6.6% of people waited more than 365 days. 32 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

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

Victoria54 days
Queensland79 days
Western Australia105 days
New South Wales272 days
Australian Capital Territorynot published
Northern Territorynot published
South Australianot published

Shoulder reconstruction 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	54 days	2.0%	149 surgeries
2	Queensland	79 days	5.6%	303 surgeries
3	Western Australia	105 days	6.2%	226 surgeries
4	New South Wales	272 days	13.4%	119 surgeries
unranked	Australian Capital Territory	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	13 surgeries
unranked	South Australia	not published	not published	16 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
QLD
WA

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	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	QLD (days)	WA (days)
2016–17	80	69	79	76
2017–18	84	82	87	73
2018–19	84	81	98	78
2019–20	90	79	111	83
2020–21	92	82	88	85
2021–22	98	not published	89	99
2022–23	109	89	114	112
2023–24	89	85	87	67
2024–25	88	54	79	105

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.