Surgery Waits

Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at Shoalhaven Hospital

The median wait for shoulder joint replacement at this public hospital in the West Nowra area of New South Wales was 410 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
410 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 89 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 85 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 352 days in 2018–19 to 410 days in 2024–25 — up 16% — while the national median rose from 163 days to 174 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wollongong Hospital, about 56 km away, at 360 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Shoulder joint replacement, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Shoalhaven Hospital410 daysnot published18 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)325 days30.9%912 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)174 days20.4%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for shoulder joint replacement by financial year at Shoalhaven Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01883755637502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Shoalhaven Hospital 410NSW 325Australia 174
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Shoulder joint replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodShoalhaven Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published271147
2017–18not published254152
2018–19352270163
2019–20375279154
2020–21574346246
2021–22484335218
2022–23353346254
2023–24not published311192
2024–25410325174

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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