Shoulder reconstruction waiting time at West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]
Half of patients at West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] waited 28 days or less for shoulder reconstruction 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
- 28 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 41 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 32 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 55 days in 2020–21 to 28 days in 2024–25 — down 49% — while the national median fell from 92 days to 88 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 reconstruction" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] | 28 days | not published | 41 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 272 days | 13.4% | 119 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 54 days | 2.0% | 149 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 88 days | 6.6% | 835 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 88 days marks the national median.
The Alfred, VIC · about 90 km away: 71 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 137 km away: 95 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 206 km away: 62 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 363 km away: 194 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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
- 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 published | 69 | 80 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 82 | 84 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 81 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 79 | 90 |
| 2020–21 | 55 | 82 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 77 | not published | 98 |
| 2022–23 | 56 | 89 | 109 |
| 2023–24 | 83 | 85 | 89 |
| 2024–25 | 28 | 54 | 88 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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