Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at Box Hill Hospital
Half of patients at Box Hill Hospital waited 302 days or less for shoulder joint replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Box Hill 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
- 302 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 28 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 89 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 67 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 132 days in 2016–17 to 302 days in 2024–25 — up 129% — while the national median rose from 147 days to 174 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 8 km away, at 203 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box Hill Hospital | 302 days | not published | 28 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 116 days | 11.8% | 575 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 174 days | 20.4% | 2417 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 174 days marks the national median.
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 8 km away: 203 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 9 km away: 176 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 13 km away: 52 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 13 km away: 75 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 13 km away: 282 days
Sandringham Hospital, VIC · about 19 km away: 104 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 20 km away: 97 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 21 km away: 18 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Box Hill Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Box Hill Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 132 | 126 | 147 |
| 2017–18 | 111 | 116 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | 52 | 137 | 163 |
| 2019–20 | 122 | 108 | 154 |
| 2020–21 | 145 | 164 | 246 |
| 2021–22 | 16 | 116 | 218 |
| 2022–23 | 209 | 225 | 254 |
| 2023–24 | 244 | 156 | 192 |
| 2024–25 | 302 | 116 | 174 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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