Rotator cuff repair waiting time at Lismore Base Hospital
Half of patients at Lismore Base Hospital waited 139 days or less for rotator cuff repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Rotator cuff - repair of". This public hospital is in the Lismore area of New South Wales.
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
- 139 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 40 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 84 days in 2016–17 to 139 days in 2024–25 — up 65% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 111 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Casino and District Memorial Hospital, about 25 km away, at 68 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Rotator cuff - repair of" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lismore Base Hospital | 139 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 247 days | 20.9% | 512 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 82 days | 9.9% | 141 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 111 days | 12.9% | 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.
Casino and District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 25 km away: 68 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 141 km away: 157 days
Redland Hospital, QLD · about 141 km away: 120 days
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 142 km away: 51 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 153 km away: 251 days
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD · about 160 km away: 45 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 169 km away: 434 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Lismore Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Lismore Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 84 | 239 | 103 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 234 | 104 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 214 | 127 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 202 | 123 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 301 | 203 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 307 | 151 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 313 | 193 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 281 | 150 |
| 2024–25 | 139 | 247 | 111 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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