Shoulder decompression surgery waiting time at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
Half of patients at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] waited 250 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 Bellfield 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
- 250 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 36 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 41 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 292 days in 2023–24 to 250 days in 2024–25 — down 14% — while the national median fell from 101 days to 92 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 1 km away, at 170 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | 250 days | not published | 36 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.
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 1 km away: 170 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 8 km away: 39 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 12 km away: 83 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 18 km away: 188 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 18 km away: 84 days
Sandringham Hospital, VIC · about 23 km away: 82 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 45 km away: 42 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 74 km away: 157 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] (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 | not reported for this period | 193 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | 292 | 104 | 101 |
| 2024–25 | 250 | 79 | 92 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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