--- title: "Shoulder joint replacement waiting times in Western Australia" description: "Public hospitals in Western Australia ranked by median wait for Shoulder joint replacement in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/shoulder-joint-replacement/wa/" --- # Shoulder joint replacement waiting times in Western Australia The median wait for shoulder joint replacement in Western Australia public hospitals was **148 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. 14 public hospitals in Western Australia reported shoulder joint replacement in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick "Shoulder joint replacement" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept. 1 hospital has 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. - [Peel Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/peel-health-campus/shoulder-joint-replacement/): 30 days - [Joondalup Health Campus (Public)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/joondalup-health-campus-public/shoulder-joint-replacement/): 80 days - [Albany Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/albany-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/): 96 days - [Osborne Park Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/osborne-park-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/): 110 days - [Geraldton Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/geraldton-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/): 115 days - [Fremantle Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fremantle-hospital-and-health-service/shoulder-joint-replacement/): 126 days - [Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armadale-kelmscott-memorial-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/): 140 days - [Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sir-charles-gairdner-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/): 140 days - [Busselton Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/busselton-health-campus/shoulder-joint-replacement/): 189 days - [St John of God Midland Public Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-john-of-god-midland-public-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/): 233 days - [Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-perth-hospital-wellington-street-campus/shoulder-joint-replacement/): 248 days - [Rockingham General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/rockingham-general-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/): 286 days - [Bunbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bunbury-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/): 306 days - [Fiona Stanley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fiona-stanley-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/): not published Shoulder joint replacement in Western 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 | [Peel Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/peel-health-campus/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | 30 days | not published | 12 surgeries | | 2 | [Joondalup Health Campus (Public)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/joondalup-health-campus-public/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | 80 days | 3.0% | 66 surgeries | | 3 | [Albany Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/albany-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | 96 days | not published | 16 surgeries | | 4 | [Osborne Park Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/osborne-park-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | 110 days | not published | 13 surgeries | | 5 | [Geraldton Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/geraldton-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | 115 days | not published | 32 surgeries | | 6 | [Fremantle Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fremantle-hospital-and-health-service/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | 126 days | not published | 35 surgeries | | 7 | [Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armadale-kelmscott-memorial-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | 140 days | not published | 43 surgeries | | 7 | [Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sir-charles-gairdner-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | 140 days | not published | 38 surgeries | | 9 | [Busselton Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/busselton-health-campus/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | 189 days | not published | 14 surgeries | | 10 | [St John of God Midland Public Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-john-of-god-midland-public-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | 233 days | not published | 23 surgeries | | 11 | [Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-perth-hospital-wellington-street-campus/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | 248 days | 23.1% | 52 surgeries | | 12 | [Rockingham General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/rockingham-general-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | 286 days | not published | 31 surgeries | | 13 | [Bunbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bunbury-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | 306 days | not published | 21 surgeries | | unranked | [Fiona Stanley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fiona-stanley-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | not published | not published | not published | Ranked by area in Western Australia: [near Nedlands](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/shoulder-joint-replacement/near/nedlands/) · [near the Perth CBD](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/shoulder-joint-replacement/near/perth-cbd/). **Cite this page** > The median wait for shoulder joint replacement in Western Australia public hospitals was 148 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Shoulder joint replacement waiting times in WA", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/shoulder-joint-replacement/wa/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/shoulder-joint-replacement/wa/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/shoulder-joint-replacement/wa/)), 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](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/shoulder-joint-replacement/), or see [every surgery reported in Western Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/state/wa/). ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you. **In an emergency call 000.** Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations. Surgery Waits is published by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). * * * This is the Markdown copy of https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/shoulder-joint-replacement/wa/.