Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]
Half of patients at West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] waited 136 days or less for shoulder joint replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Warragul area of Victoria.
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
- 136 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 44 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 33 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 121 days in 2023–24 to 136 days in 2024–25 — up 12% — while the national median fell from 192 days to 174 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bass Coast Health, about 57 km away, at 70 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] | 136 days | not published | 44 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 116 days | 11.8% | 575 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.
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], VIC · about 48 km away: 272 days
Bass Coast Health, VIC · about 57 km away: 70 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 69 km away: 67 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 70 km away: 88 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 81 km away: 282 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 81 km away: 302 days
Sandringham Hospital, VIC · about 83 km away: 104 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 89 km away: 203 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 126 | 147 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 116 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 137 | 163 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 108 | 154 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 164 | 246 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 116 | 218 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 225 | 254 |
| 2023–24 | 121 | 156 | 192 |
| 2024–25 | 136 | 116 | 174 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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