Shoulder decompression surgery waiting time at Joondalup Health Campus (Public)
Half of patients at Joondalup Health Campus (Public) waited 48 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 Joondalup 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
- 48 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 85 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.2%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
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 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 71 days in 2016–17 to 48 days in 2024–25 — down 32% — while the national median rose from 85 days to 92 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peel Health Campus, about 88 km away, at 26 days. Here, 1.2% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.3%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joondalup Health Campus (Public) | 48 days | 1.2% | 85 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 3.0% | 537 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.
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 17 km away: 112 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 26 km away: 149 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 26 km away: 66 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 33 km away: 71 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 36 km away: 93 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 50 km away: 104 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 61 km away: 141 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 88 km away: 26 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Joondalup Health Campus (Public)
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Joondalup Health Campus (Public) (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 71 | 73 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 58 | 83 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 88 | 75 | 98 |
| 2019–20 | 70 | 92 | 108 |
| 2020–21 | 71 | 94 | 141 |
| 2021–22 | 74 | 101 | 131 |
| 2022–23 | 56 | 112 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | 76 | 88 | 101 |
| 2024–25 | 48 | 90 | 92 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Joondalup Health Campus (Public) · Shoulder decompression surgery across Australia · Shoulder decompression surgery in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia