Shoulder reconstruction waiting time at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

The median wait for shoulder reconstruction at this public hospital in the Kings Park area of Western Australia was 72 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: 72 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 12 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 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 86 days in 2016–17 to 72 days in 2024–25 — down 16% — while the national median rose from 80 days to 88 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, about 5 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
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital	72 days	not published	12 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)	105 days	6.2%	226 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	88 days	6.6%	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.

Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street CampusWA · about 5 km away53 days
Osborne Park HospitalWA · about 9 km away136 days
Bentley Health ServiceWA · about 11 km away104 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health ServiceWA · about 12 km away98 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)WA · about 26 km away100 days
Rockingham General HospitalWA · about 36 km away160 days
Bunbury HospitalWA · about 156 km away128 days

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

How the wait has changed

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
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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 period	Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	86	76	80
2017–18	50	73	84
2018–19	66	78	84
2019–20	70	83	90
2020–21	142	85	92
2021–22	171	99	98
2022–23	255	112	109
2023–24	43	67	89
2024–25	72	105	88

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

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