Rotator cuff repair waiting time at Shellharbour Hospital
Half of patients at Shellharbour Hospital waited 272 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 Shellharbour City Centre 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
- 272 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 20 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 34 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 238 days in 2016–17 to 272 days in 2024–25 — up 14% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 111 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sutherland Hospital, about 63 km away, at 88 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shellharbour Hospital | 272 days | not published | 20 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 247 days | 20.9% | 512 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.
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 63 km away: 88 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 72 km away: 175 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 75 km away: 220 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 78 km away: 340 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 84 km away: 191 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 85 km away: 256 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 88 km away: 310 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 90 km away: 271 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Shellharbour Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Shellharbour Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 238 | 239 | 103 |
| 2017–18 | 302 | 234 | 104 |
| 2018–19 | 269 | 214 | 127 |
| 2019–20 | 154 | 202 | 123 |
| 2020–21 | 310 | 301 | 203 |
| 2021–22 | 289 | 307 | 151 |
| 2022–23 | 329 | 313 | 193 |
| 2023–24 | 343 | 281 | 150 |
| 2024–25 | 272 | 247 | 111 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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