Surgery Waits

Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at Busselton Health Campus

The median wait for shoulder joint replacement at this public hospital in the West Busselton area of Western Australia was 189 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
189 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
14 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 51 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 210 days in 2020–21 to 189 days in 2024–25 — down 10% — while the national median fell from 246 days to 174 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peel Health Campus, about 131 km away, at 30 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
Busselton Health Campus189 daysnot published14 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 Busselton Health Campus, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Busselton Health Campus 189WA 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 periodBusselton Health Campus (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published90147
2017–18not reported for this period98152
2018–19not published99163
2019–20not published99154
2020–21210109246
2021–22244142218
2022–23405175254
2023–24200113192
2024–25189148174

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

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