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Shoulder decompression surgery waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for shoulder decompression surgery in Victoria public hospitals was 79 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.

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

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11 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 Victoria 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 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 20 days not published 10 surgeries
2 West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] 35 days not published 21 surgeries
3 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 39 days not published 32 surgeries
4 Frankston Public Surgical Centre 42 days not published 45 surgeries
5 Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] 59 days not published 10 surgeries
6 Northeast Health Wangaratta 64 days not published 13 surgeries
7 Bass Coast Health 65 days not published 33 surgeries
8 Sandringham Hospital 82 days not published 12 surgeries
9 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 83 days not published 41 surgeries
10 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 84 days 10.2% 59 surgeries
11 Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] 99 days not published 15 surgeries
11 South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] 99 days not published 39 surgeries
13 University Hospital Geelong 157 days not published 32 surgeries
14 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 170 days not published 10 surgeries
15 Williamstown Hospital 188 days not published 17 surgeries
16 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 250 days not published 36 surgeries
unranked Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Box Hill Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Broadmeadows Health Service not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Dandenong Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Frankston Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Sunshine Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Alfred not published not published not published
unranked The Bendigo Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Western Hospital [Footscray] not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Heidelberg.

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The median wait for shoulder decompression surgery in Victoria public hospitals was 79 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/acromioplasty-arthroscopy-shoulder-sub-acromial-decompression/vic/), 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 Victoria.