Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression waiting time at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service
The median wait for acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression at this public hospital in the Mount Gambier area of South Australia was 40 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
- 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.
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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
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.
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.
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