Surgery Waits

Rotator cuff repair waiting time at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]

The median wait for rotator cuff repair — published by the source as "Rotator cuff - repair of" — at this public hospital in the Bellfield area of Victoria was 127 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
127 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
23 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 40 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 20 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 196 days in 2023–24 to 127 days in 2024–25 — down 35% — while the national median fell from 150 days to 111 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Box Hill Hospital, about 9 km away, at 64 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Rotator cuff - repair of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]127 daysnot published23 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)62 days5.5%200 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)111 days12.9%1144 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 111 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for rotator cuff - repair of by financial year at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], compared with Victoria and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 127VIC 62Australia 111
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Rotator cuff - repair of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodHeidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this period65103
2017–18not reported for this period82104
2018–19not reported for this period90127
2019–20not reported for this period89123
2020–21not reported for this period146203
2021–22not reported for this period77151
2022–23not reported for this period111193
2023–2419675150
2024–2512762111

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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