Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at Sandringham Hospital
Half of patients at Sandringham Hospital waited 104 days or less for shoulder joint replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
- 104 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 16 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 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 73 days in 2016–17 to 104 days in 2024–25 — up 42% — while the national median rose from 147 days to 174 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 13 km away, at 52 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Hospital | 104 days | not published | 16 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 116 days | 11.8% | 575 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 174 days | 20.4% | 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.
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 6 km away: 282 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 13 km away: 52 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 15 km away: 107 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 18 km away: 75 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 19 km away: 302 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 22 km away: 18 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 23 km away: 176 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 23 km away: 203 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 | 73 | 126 | 147 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 116 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 137 | 163 |
| 2019–20 | 39 | 108 | 154 |
| 2020–21 | 327 | 164 | 246 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 116 | 218 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 225 | 254 |
| 2023–24 | 205 | 156 | 192 |
| 2024–25 | 104 | 116 | 174 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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