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Shoulder decompression surgery waiting times in South Australia

The median wait for shoulder decompression surgery in South Australia public hospitals was 106 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 92 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

15 public hospitals in South Australia reported shoulder decompression surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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5 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 92 days marks the national median.

Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression in South Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Gawler Health Service 14 days not published 13 surgeries
2 Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service 40 days not published 25 surgeries
3 Naracoorte Health Service 48 days not published 13 surgeries
4 Whyalla Hospital and Health Services 54 days not published 18 surgeries
5 Noarlunga Hospital 134 days not published 42 surgeries
5 Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo) 134 days not published 11 surgeries
7 Royal Adelaide Hospital 135 days not published 20 surgeries
8 South Coast District Hospital 152 days not published 10 surgeries
9 Riverland General Hospital 162 days not published 21 surgeries
10 Flinders Medical Centre 306 days not published 10 surgeries
unranked Clare Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Modbury Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Port Pirie Regional Health Service not published not published not published
unranked The Queen Elizabeth Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries

Ranked by area in South Australia: near Bedford Park.

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The median wait for shoulder decompression surgery in South Australia public hospitals was 106 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Shoulder decompression surgery waiting times in SA", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/acromioplasty-arthroscopy-shoulder-sub-acromial-decompression/sa/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/acromioplasty-arthroscopy-shoulder-sub-acromial-decompression/sa/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in South Australia.