Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at North Canberra Hospital
The median wait for shoulder joint replacement at this public hospital in the Bruce area of Australian Capital Territory was 182 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
- 182 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 43 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 89 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 50 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 224 days in 2023–24 to 182 days in 2024–25 — down 19% — while the national median fell from 192 days to 174 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Canberra Hospital | 182 days | not published | 43 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 53 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 325 days | 30.9% | 912 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 174 days | 20.4% | 2417 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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
- North Canberra Hospital
- ACT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | North Canberra Hospital (days) | ACT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not published | 147 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not published | 152 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not published | 163 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not published | 154 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not published | 246 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not published | 218 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not published | 254 |
| 2023–24 | 224 | not published | 192 |
| 2024–25 | 182 | not published | 174 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at North Canberra Hospital · Shoulder joint replacement across Australia · Shoulder joint replacement in Australian Capital Territory