Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at Williamstown Hospital
Half of patients at Williamstown Hospital waited 107 days or less for shoulder joint replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
- 107 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 23 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 90 days in 2019–20 to 107 days in 2024–25 — up 19% — while the national median rose from 154 days to 174 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Western Hospital [Footscray], about 8 km away, at 18 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamstown Hospital | 107 days | not published | 12 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.
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 8 km away: 18 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 8 km away: 52 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 10 km away: 75 days
Sandringham Hospital, VIC · about 15 km away: 104 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 16 km away: 282 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 18 km away: 176 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 19 km away: 203 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 21 km away: 302 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 | not published | 126 | 147 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 116 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 137 | 163 |
| 2019–20 | 90 | 108 | 154 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 164 | 246 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 116 | 218 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 225 | 254 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 156 | 192 |
| 2024–25 | 107 | 116 | 174 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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