Rotator cuff repair waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
The median wait for rotator cuff repair — published by the source as "Rotator cuff - repair of" — at this public hospital in the Turvey Park area of New South Wales was 356 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
- 356 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 19 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 40 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 38 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 92 days in 2018–19 to 356 days in 2024–25 — up 287% — while the national median fell from 127 days to 111 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Shellharbour Hospital, about 324 km away, at 272 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 356 days | not published | 19 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 247 days | 20.9% | 512 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 62 days | 5.5% | 200 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 111 days | 12.9% | 1144 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 239 | 103 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 234 | 104 |
| 2018–19 | 92 | 214 | 127 |
| 2019–20 | 87 | 202 | 123 |
| 2020–21 | 337 | 301 | 203 |
| 2021–22 | 77 | 307 | 151 |
| 2022–23 | 372 | 313 | 193 |
| 2023–24 | 417 | 281 | 150 |
| 2024–25 | 356 | 247 | 111 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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