Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at The Canberra Hospital
Half of patients at The Canberra Hospital waited 238 days or less for shoulder joint replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Garran area of Australian Capital Territory.
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
- 238 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 59 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 28 days in 2018–19 to 238 days in 2024–25 — up 750% — while the national median rose from 163 days to 174 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is North Canberra Hospital, about 10 km away, at 182 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Canberra Hospital | 238 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 53 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 325 days | 30.9% | 912 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.
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 10 km away: 182 days
Goulburn Base Hospital, NSW · about 87 km away: 232 days
Shoalhaven Hospital, NSW · about 146 km away: 410 days
Bowral Hospital, NSW · about 154 km away: 456 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 160 km away: 364 days
South East Regional Hospital, NSW · about 164 km away: 300 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 192 km away: 360 days
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 220 km away: 364 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- The Canberra Hospital
- ACT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Canberra Hospital (days) | ACT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 147 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 152 |
| 2018–19 | 28 | not published | 163 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 154 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 246 |
| 2021–22 | 141 | not published | 218 |
| 2022–23 | 179 | not published | 254 |
| 2023–24 | 139 | not published | 192 |
| 2024–25 | 238 | not published | 174 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Canberra Hospital · Shoulder joint replacement across Australia · Shoulder joint replacement in Australian Capital Territory · All surgery waits in Australian Capital Territory