Shoulder decompression surgery waiting time at Naracoorte Health Service
Half of patients at Naracoorte Health Service 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 Naracoorte 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
- 48 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 33 days in 2022–23 to 48 days in 2024–25 — up 45% — while the national median fell from 154 days to 92 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service, about 93 km away, at 40 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naracoorte Health Service | 48 days | not published | 13 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.
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service, SA · about 93 km away: 40 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool], VIC · about 219 km away: 99 days
South Coast District Hospital, SA · about 247 km away: 152 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 282 km away: 20 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 286 km away: 134 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 292 km away: 306 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 299 km away: 135 days
Riverland General Hospital, SA · about 299 km away: 162 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
- Naracoorte Health Service
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Naracoorte Health Service (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not published | 85 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 97 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 91 | 98 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 83 | 108 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 163 | 141 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 105 | 131 |
| 2022–23 | 33 | 79 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 109 | 101 |
| 2024–25 | 48 | 106 | 92 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Naracoorte Health Service · Shoulder decompression surgery across Australia · Shoulder decompression surgery in South Australia · All surgery waits in South Australia