Surgery Waits

Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at Port Macquarie Base Hospital

The median wait for shoulder joint replacement at this public hospital in the Port Macquarie area of New South Wales was 372 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
372 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
43 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 81 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 254 days in 2016–17 to 372 days in 2024–25 — up 46% — while the national median rose from 147 days to 174 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Manning Hospital, about 65 km away, at 230 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
Port Macquarie Base Hospital372 daysnot published43 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)325 days30.9%912 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 Port Macquarie Base Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Port Macquarie Base Hospital 372NSW 325Australia 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 periodPort Macquarie Base Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17254271147
2017–18280254152
2018–19301270163
2019–20306279154
2020–21465346246
2021–22365335218
2022–23356346254
2023–24351311192
2024–25372325174

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

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