Shoulder decompression surgery waiting time at Northeast Health Wangaratta
Half of patients at Northeast Health Wangaratta waited 64 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 Wangaratta area of Victoria.
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
- 64 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 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 49 days in 2022–23 to 64 days in 2024–25 — up 31% — while the national median fell from 154 days to 92 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 200 km away, at 39 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Health Wangaratta | 64 days | not published | 13 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.
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 81 km away: 99 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 185 km away: 83 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 192 km away: 170 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 192 km away: 250 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 200 km away: 39 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul], VIC · about 205 km away: 35 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 206 km away: 84 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], VIC · about 208 km away: 59 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Northeast Health Wangaratta
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Northeast Health Wangaratta (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 75 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 84 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 82 | 98 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 89 | 108 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 133 | 141 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 117 | 131 |
| 2022–23 | 49 | 193 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 104 | 101 |
| 2024–25 | 64 | 79 | 92 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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