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Shoulder joint replacement waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for shoulder joint replacement in Victoria public hospitals was 116 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 174 days.

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

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

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6 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 174 days marks the national median.

Shoulder joint replacement 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 Western Hospital [Footscray] 18 days not published 10 surgeries
2 The Alfred 52 days not published 23 surgeries
3 Frankston Public Surgical Centre 67 days not published 29 surgeries
4 Bass Coast Health 70 days not published 26 surgeries
5 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 75 days not published 17 surgeries
6 Northeast Health Wangaratta 77 days not published 16 surgeries
7 Frankston Hospital 88 days not published 40 surgeries
8 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 90 days not published 24 surgeries
9 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 97 days not published 26 surgeries
10 Sandringham Hospital 104 days not published 16 surgeries
11 Williamstown Hospital 107 days not published 12 surgeries
12 South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] 123 days not published 26 surgeries
13 West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] 136 days not published 44 surgeries
14 The Bendigo Hospital 148 days not published 40 surgeries
15 University Hospital Geelong 154 days not published 20 surgeries
16 Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] 163 days not published 13 surgeries
17 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 176 days not published 43 surgeries
18 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 203 days not published 25 surgeries
19 Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] 272 days not published 31 surgeries
20 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 282 days not published 32 surgeries
21 Box Hill Hospital 302 days not published 28 surgeries
unranked Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] not published not published not published
unranked Broadmeadows Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Dandenong Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Werribee Mercy Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Frankston · near Heidelberg · near Prahran · near St Albans.

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The median wait for shoulder joint replacement in Victoria public hospitals was 116 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Shoulder joint replacement waiting times in Victoria", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/shoulder-joint-replacement/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/shoulder-joint-replacement/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.