Shoulder decompression surgery waiting time at Frankston Public Surgical Centre
Half of patients at Frankston Public Surgical Centre waited 42 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 Frankston 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
- 42 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 45 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 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 63 days in 2022–23 to 42 days in 2024–25 — down 33% — while the national median fell from 154 days to 92 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 41 km away, at 39 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankston Public Surgical Centre | 42 days | not published | 45 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.
Sandringham Hospital, VIC · about 24 km away: 82 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 27 km away: 84 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 39 km away: 188 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 41 km away: 39 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 45 km away: 170 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 45 km away: 250 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 57 km away: 83 days
Bass Coast Health, VIC · about 64 km away: 65 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Frankston Public Surgical Centre
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Frankston Public Surgical Centre (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 75 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 84 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 82 | 98 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 89 | 108 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 133 | 141 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 117 | 131 |
| 2022–23 | 63 | 193 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | 37 | 104 | 101 |
| 2024–25 | 42 | 79 | 92 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Frankston Public Surgical Centre · Shoulder decompression surgery across Australia · Shoulder decompression surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria