Shoulder decompression surgery waiting time at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service
Half of patients at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service waited 40 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 Mount Gambier area of South 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
- 40 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 25 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 7 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 271 km away, at 20 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service | 40 days | not published | 25 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 106 days | 9.4% | 202 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.
Naracoorte Health Service, SA · about 93 km away: 48 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool], VIC · about 161 km away: 99 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 271 km away: 20 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 316 km away: 157 days
South Coast District Hospital, SA · about 316 km away: 152 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 360 km away: 134 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 361 km away: 188 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 368 km away: 306 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.
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
- Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 85 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 97 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 91 | 98 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 83 | 108 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 163 | 141 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 105 | 131 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 79 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 109 | 101 |
| 2024–25 | 40 | 106 | 92 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service · Shoulder decompression surgery across Australia · Shoulder decompression surgery in South Australia · All surgery waits in South Australia