Rotator cuff repair waiting time at Sandringham Hospital
Half of patients at Sandringham Hospital waited 55 days or less for rotator cuff repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Rotator cuff - repair of". This public hospital is in the Sandringham 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
- 55 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 40 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 7 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 144 days in 2016–17 to 55 days in 2024–25 — down 62% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 111 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 19 km away, at 18 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Hospital | 55 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 62 days | 5.5% | 200 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 111 days | 12.9% | 1144 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 111 days marks the national median.
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 6 km away: 92 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 19 km away: 64 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 19 km away: 18 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 23 km away: 127 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 24 km away: 26 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood], VIC · about 27 km away: 37 days
Bass Coast Health, VIC · about 87 km away: 61 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 112 km away: 22 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sandringham Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sandringham Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 144 | 65 | 103 |
| 2017–18 | 75 | 82 | 104 |
| 2018–19 | 98 | 90 | 127 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 89 | 123 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 146 | 203 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 77 | 151 |
| 2022–23 | 391 | 111 | 193 |
| 2023–24 | 46 | 75 | 150 |
| 2024–25 | 55 | 62 | 111 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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