Surgery Waits

Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at Bunbury Hospital

The median wait for shoulder joint replacement at this public hospital in the College Grove area of Western Australia was 306 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
306 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
21 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 69 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 86 days in 2016–17 to 306 days in 2024–25 — up 256% — while the national median rose from 147 days to 174 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Busselton Health Campus, about 44 km away, at 189 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Shoulder joint replacement, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Bunbury Hospital306 daysnot published21 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)148 days13.1%397 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)174 days20.4%2417 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 174 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 joint replacement by financial year at Bunbury Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Bunbury Hospital 306WA 148Australia 174
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Shoulder joint replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodBunbury Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–178690147
2017–1811498152
2018–1913099163
2019–2010499154
2020–21196109246
2021–22309142218
2022–23194175254
2023–24377113192
2024–25306148174

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

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