Surgery Waits

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%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Rotator cuff - repair of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Coffs Harbour Hospital434 days74.1%54 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)247 days20.9%512 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)82 days9.9%141 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)111 days12.9%1144 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 111 days marks the national median.

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

Median wait for rotator cuff - repair of by financial year at Coffs Harbour Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Coffs Harbour Hospital 434NSW 247Australia 111
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Rotator cuff - repair of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodCoffs Harbour Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17346239103
2017–18298234104
2018–19238214127
2019–20304202123
2020–21498301203
2021–22446307151
2022–23472313193
2023–24453281150
2024–25434247111

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

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