Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at Tweed Valley Hospital
Half of patients at Tweed Valley Hospital waited 35 days or less for shoulder joint replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Tweed Heads 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
- 35 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 25 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 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 76 days in 2016–17 to 35 days in 2024–25 — down 54% — while the national median rose from 147 days to 174 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Shoulder joint replacement" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweed Valley Hospital | 35 days | not published | 25 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 325 days | 30.9% | 912 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 123 days | 17.0% | 352 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.
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 20 km away: 123 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 29 km away: 94 days
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 75 km away: 174 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 84 km away: 305 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 91 km away: 89 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 92 km away: 105 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 96 km away: 230 days
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 99 km away: 339 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
- Tweed Valley Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Tweed Valley Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 76 | 271 | 147 |
| 2017–18 | 59 | 254 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | 55 | 270 | 163 |
| 2019–20 | 37 | 279 | 154 |
| 2020–21 | 266 | 346 | 246 |
| 2021–22 | 245 | 335 | 218 |
| 2022–23 | 126 | 346 | 254 |
| 2023–24 | 56 | 311 | 192 |
| 2024–25 | 35 | 325 | 174 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Tweed Valley Hospital · Shoulder joint replacement across Australia · Shoulder joint replacement in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales