Dupuytren's contracture surgery waiting time at Shoalhaven Hospital
Half of patients at Shoalhaven Hospital waited 341 days or less for Dupuytren's contracture surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Dupytren's contracture release". This public hospital is in the West Nowra 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
- 341 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 63 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 49 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 357 days in 2016–17 to 341 days in 2024–25 — down 4% — while the national median rose from 99 days to 150 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, about 111 km away, at 227 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoalhaven Hospital | 341 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 329 days | 27.7% | 589 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 150 days | 17.9% | 1777 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 150 days marks the national median.
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 41 km away: 350 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 111 km away: 227 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 346 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 123 km away: 203 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 124 km away: 369 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital, NSW · about 125 km away: 375 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 129 km away: 121 days
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 188 km away: 365 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Shoalhaven Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Shoalhaven Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 357 | 213 | 99 |
| 2017–18 | 360 | 214 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 337 | 234 | 105 |
| 2019–20 | 366 | 257 | 128 |
| 2020–21 | 481 | 313 | 190 |
| 2021–22 | 375 | 311 | 198 |
| 2022–23 | 381 | 317 | 202 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 321 | 169 |
| 2024–25 | 341 | 329 | 150 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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