Shoulder decompression surgery waiting time at Williamstown Hospital
Half of patients at Williamstown Hospital waited 188 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 Williamstown 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
- 188 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 17 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 40 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 82 days in 2016–17 to 188 days in 2024–25 — up 129% — while the national median rose from 85 days to 92 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 10 km away, at 39 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamstown Hospital | 188 days | not published | 17 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 79 days | 7.3% | 480 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.
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 10 km away: 39 days
Sandringham Hospital, VIC · about 15 km away: 82 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 16 km away: 84 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 18 km away: 250 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 19 km away: 170 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 26 km away: 83 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 39 km away: 42 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 56 km away: 157 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Williamstown Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Williamstown Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 82 | 75 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 85 | 84 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 89 | 82 | 98 |
| 2019–20 | 215 | 89 | 108 |
| 2020–21 | 43 | 133 | 141 |
| 2021–22 | 179 | 117 | 131 |
| 2022–23 | 302 | 193 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | 147 | 104 | 101 |
| 2024–25 | 188 | 79 | 92 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Williamstown Hospital · Shoulder decompression surgery across Australia · Shoulder decompression surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria