Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service
Half of patients at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service waited 54 days or less for shoulder joint replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
- 54 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 24 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 89 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 75 days in 2023–24 to 54 days in 2024–25 — down 28% — while the national median fell from 192 days to 174 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Western Hospital [Footscray], about 360 km away, at 18 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service | 54 days | not published | 24 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 140 days | 15.3% | 118 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 116 days | 11.8% | 575 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 174 days | 20.4% | 2417 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 174 days marks the national median.
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool], VIC · about 161 km away: 123 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 271 km away: 90 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 316 km away: 154 days
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 331 km away: 148 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 360 km away: 374 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 360 km away: 18 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 361 km away: 107 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 368 km away: 75 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 reported for this period | not published | 147 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not published | 152 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not published | 163 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 154 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 246 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 218 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 254 |
| 2023–24 | 75 | 127 | 192 |
| 2024–25 | 54 | 140 | 174 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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