Rotator cuff repair waiting time at Coffs Harbour Hospital
The median wait for rotator cuff repair — published by the source as "Rotator cuff - repair of" — at this public hospital in the North Boambee Valley area of New South Wales was 434 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
- 434 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 54 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 74.1%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 40 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 40 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 346 days in 2016–17 to 434 days in 2024–25 — up 25% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 111 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Casino and District Memorial Hospital, about 162 km away, at 68 days. Here, 74.1% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 12.9%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Rotator cuff - repair of" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour Hospital | 434 days | 74.1% | 54 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 247 days | 20.9% | 512 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 82 days | 9.9% | 141 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 111 days | 12.9% | 1144 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Coffs Harbour Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Coffs Harbour Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 346 | 239 | 103 |
| 2017–18 | 298 | 234 | 104 |
| 2018–19 | 238 | 214 | 127 |
| 2019–20 | 304 | 202 | 123 |
| 2020–21 | 498 | 301 | 203 |
| 2021–22 | 446 | 307 | 151 |
| 2022–23 | 472 | 313 | 193 |
| 2023–24 | 453 | 281 | 150 |
| 2024–25 | 434 | 247 | 111 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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