Surgery Waits

Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at North Canberra Hospital

The median wait for shoulder joint replacement at this public hospital in the Bruce area of Australian Capital Territory was 182 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
182 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
43 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 50 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 224 days in 2023–24 to 182 days in 2024–25 — down 19% — while the national median fell from 192 days to 174 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Shoulder joint replacement" 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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Shoulder joint replacement, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
North Canberra Hospital182 daysnot published43 surgeries
Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals)not publishednot published53 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)325 days30.9%912 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)174 days20.4%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.

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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for shoulder joint replacement by financial year at North Canberra Hospital, compared with Australian Capital Territory and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25North Canberra Hospital 182Australia 174
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Shoulder joint replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodNorth Canberra Hospital (days)ACT (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this periodnot published147
2017–18not reported for this periodnot published152
2018–19not reported for this periodnot published163
2019–20not reported for this periodnot published154
2020–21not reported for this periodnot published246
2021–22not reported for this periodnot published218
2022–23not reported for this periodnot published254
2023–24224not published192
2024–25182not published174

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at North Canberra Hospital · Shoulder joint replacement across Australia · Shoulder joint replacement in Australian Capital Territory