Surgery Waits

Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression waiting time at Bentley Health Service

The median wait for acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression at this public hospital in the St James area of Western Australia was 71 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
71 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
60 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 43 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 106 days in 2022–23 to 71 days in 2024–25 — down 33% — while the national median fell from 154 days to 92 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 11 km away, at 66 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.3%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Bentley Health Service71 days0.0%60 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)90 days3.0%537 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)92 days6.3%1418 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

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

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression by financial year at Bentley Health Service, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays0501001502002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Bentley Health Service 71WA 90Australia 92
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodBentley Health Service (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this period7385
2017–18not reported for this period8395
2018–19not reported for this period7598
2019–20not reported for this period92108
2020–21not reported for this period94141
2021–22not reported for this period101131
2022–23106112154
2023–245688101
2024–25719092

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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