Shoulder decompression surgery waiting time at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services
Half of patients at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services waited 54 days or less for shoulder decompression surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression". This public hospital is in the Whyalla area of South Australia.
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
- 54 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 43 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 11 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 2017–18 to 54 days in 2024–25 — down 2% — while the national median fell from 95 days to 92 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gawler Health Service, about 205 km away, at 14 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whyalla Hospital and Health Services | 54 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 106 days | 9.4% | 202 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 92 days | 6.3% | 1418 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 92 days marks the national median.
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo), SA · about 100 km away: 134 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 205 km away: 14 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 230 km away: 135 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 239 km away: 306 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 249 km away: 134 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Whyalla Hospital and Health Services
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Whyalla Hospital and Health Services (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not published | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 55 | 97 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 91 | 98 |
| 2019–20 | 55 | 83 | 108 |
| 2020–21 | 217 | 163 | 141 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 105 | 131 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 79 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | 43 | 109 | 101 |
| 2024–25 | 54 | 106 | 92 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services · Shoulder decompression surgery across Australia · Shoulder decompression surgery in South Australia · All surgery waits in South Australia