Shoulder reconstruction waiting time at Geraldton Hospital
Half of patients at Geraldton Hospital waited 112 days or less for shoulder reconstruction in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Beachlands area of Western Australia.
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
- 112 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 32 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 294 days in 2022–23 to 112 days in 2024–25 — down 62% — while the national median fell from 109 days to 88 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Joondalup Health Campus (Public), about 347 km away, at 100 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geraldton Hospital | 112 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 105 days | 6.2% | 226 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 88 days | 6.6% | 835 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 88 days marks the national median.
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 347 km away: 100 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 364 km away: 136 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 373 km away: 72 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 373 km away: 53 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 380 km away: 104 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 380 km away: 98 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 406 km away: 160 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Geraldton Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Geraldton Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 76 | 80 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 73 | 84 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 78 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 83 | 90 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 85 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 99 | 98 |
| 2022–23 | 294 | 112 | 109 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 67 | 89 |
| 2024–25 | 112 | 105 | 88 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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