Rotator cuff repair waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for rotator cuff repair in Australian public hospitals was 111 days in 2024–25 — from 18 days at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] to 434 days at Coffs Harbour Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as "Rotator cuff - repair of".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Across Australia, the median wait for rotator cuff repair in public hospitals was 111 days in 2024–25, from 1144 surgeries. 12.9% of people waited more than 365 days. 40 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
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State by state
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria | 62 days | 5.5% | 200 surgeries |
| 2 | Queensland | 82 days | 9.9% | 141 surgeries |
| 3 | Western Australia | 105 days | 3.5% | 198 surgeries |
| 4 | New South Wales | 247 days | 20.9% | 512 surgeries |
| unranked | Australian Capital Territory | not published | not published | 10 surgeries |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | 9 surgeries |
| unranked | South Australia | not published | not published | 74 surgeries |
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- VIC
- QLD
- WA
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | QLD (days) | WA (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 103 | 65 | 84 | 67 |
| 2017–18 | 104 | 82 | 86 | 64 |
| 2018–19 | 127 | 90 | 116 | 83 |
| 2019–20 | 123 | 89 | 92 | 74 |
| 2020–21 | 203 | 146 | 132 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | 151 | 77 | 105 | not published |
| 2022–23 | 193 | 111 | 182 | 113 |
| 2023–24 | 150 | 75 | 111 | 101 |
| 2024–25 | 111 | 62 | 82 | 105 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for rotator cuff repair in a public hospital?
The national median was 111 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 62 days in Victoria to 247 days in New South Wales.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for rotator cuff repair?
Of the 40 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] reported the shortest (18 days) and Coffs Harbour Hospital the longest (434 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
12.9% of people who had rotator cuff repair in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.
Cite this page
The national median wait for rotator cuff repair in Australian public hospitals was 111 days in 2024–25, from 18 days at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] to 434 days at Coffs Harbour Hospital.
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SurgeryWaits, "Rotator cuff repair waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/rotator-cuff-repair/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: SurgeryWaits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/rotator-cuff-repair/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/rotator-cuff-repair.svg" width="720" height="284" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Rotator cuff repair by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.