Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression waiting time at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]

The median wait for acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression at this public hospital in the Eaglemont area of Victoria was 170 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait: 170 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 10 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 43 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 39 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 80 days in 2016–17 to 170 days in 2024–25 — up 113% — while the national median rose from 85 days to 92 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 9 km away, at 39 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	170 days	not published	10 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	79 days	7.3%	480 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	92 days	6.3%	1418 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 92 days marks the national median.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 1 km away250 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 9 km away39 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 12 km away83 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 18 km away84 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 19 km away188 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 23 km away82 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 45 km away42 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 75 km away157 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	80	75	85
2017–18	90	84	95
2018–19	130	82	98
2019–20	158	89	108
2020–21	240	133	141
2021–22	126	117	131
2022–23	246	193	154
2023–24	not published	104	101
2024–25	170	79	92

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

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