Shoulder decompression surgery waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
Half of patients at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] waited 20 days or less for shoulder decompression surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression". This public hospital is in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 20 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 88 days in 2016–17 to 20 days in 2024–25 — down 77% — while the national median rose from 85 days to 92 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] | 20 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 79 days | 7.3% | 480 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.
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 80 km away: 157 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 98 km away: 188 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 103 km away: 39 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 103 km away: 83 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 108 km away: 250 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 109 km away: 170 days
Sandringham Hospital, VIC · about 112 km away: 82 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 114 km away: 84 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 88 | 75 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 128 | 84 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 82 | 98 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 89 | 108 |
| 2020–21 | 122 | 133 | 141 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 117 | 131 |
| 2022–23 | 79 | 193 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 104 | 101 |
| 2024–25 | 20 | 79 | 92 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] · Shoulder decompression surgery across Australia · Shoulder decompression surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria