Surgery Waits

Shoulder reconstruction waiting time at Bentley Health Service

The median wait for shoulder reconstruction at this public hospital in the St James area of Western Australia was 104 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
104 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
23 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 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 73 days in 2022–23 to 104 days in 2024–25 — up 42% — while the national median fell from 109 days to 88 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, about 8 km away, at 53 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
Bentley Health Service104 daysnot published23 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 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for shoulder reconstruction by financial year at Bentley Health Service, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Bentley Health Service 104WA 105Australia 88
  • Bentley Health Service
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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 periodBentley Health Service (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this period7680
2017–18not published7384
2018–19not reported for this period7884
2019–20not reported for this period8390
2020–21not reported for this period8592
2021–22not published9998
2022–2373112109
2023–24526789
2024–2510410588

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

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