Shoulder reconstruction waiting time at Northern Beaches Hospital
Half of patients at Northern Beaches Hospital waited 276 days or less for shoulder reconstruction in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Frenchs Forest area of New South Wales.
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
- 276 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 32 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 60 days in 2019–20 to 276 days in 2024–25 — up 360% — while the national median fell from 90 days to 88 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wagga Wagga Hospital, about 387 km away, at 194 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Shoulder reconstruction" 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Beaches Hospital | 276 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 272 days | 13.4% | 119 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 79 days | 5.6% | 303 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 54 days | 2.0% | 149 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 88 days | 6.6% | 835 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 88 days marks the national median.
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 276 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 48 km away: 284 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 387 km away: 194 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 605 km away: 62 days
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 664 km away: 92 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 676 km away: 290 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul], VIC · about 685 km away: 28 days
Toowoomba Hospital, QLD · about 691 km away: 93 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 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
- Northern Beaches Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Northern Beaches Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not published | 80 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not published | 84 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 60 | not published | 90 |
| 2020–21 | 245 | 231 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 291 | 284 | 98 |
| 2022–23 | 284 | 273 | 109 |
| 2023–24 | 115 | 240 | 89 |
| 2024–25 | 276 | 272 | 88 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Northern Beaches Hospital · Shoulder reconstruction across Australia · Shoulder reconstruction in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales