Surgery Waits

Shoulder reconstruction waiting time at Geraldton Hospital

The median wait for shoulder reconstruction at this public hospital in the Beachlands area of Western Australia was 112 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
112 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
11 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 32 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 294 days in 2022–23 to 112 days in 2024–25 — down 62% — while the national median fell from 109 days to 88 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Joondalup Health Campus (Public), about 347 km away, at 100 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Shoulder reconstruction, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Geraldton Hospital112 daysnot published11 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)105 days6.2%226 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)88 days6.6%835 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 88 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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for shoulder reconstruction by financial year at Geraldton Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Geraldton Hospital 112WA 105Australia 88
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Shoulder reconstruction, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodGeraldton Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published7680
2017–18not published7384
2018–19not published7884
2019–20not published8390
2020–21not published8592
2021–22not published9998
2022–23294112109
2023–24not published6789
2024–2511210588

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

All surgery at Geraldton Hospital · Shoulder reconstruction across Australia · Shoulder reconstruction in Western Australia