Surgery Waits

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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Rotator cuff - repair of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Wagga Wagga Hospital356 daysnot published19 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)247 days20.9%512 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)62 days5.5%200 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)111 days12.9%1144 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 111 days marks the national median.

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

Median wait for rotator cuff - repair of by financial year at Wagga Wagga Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Wagga Wagga Hospital 356NSW 247Australia 111
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Rotator cuff - repair of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodWagga Wagga Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published239103
2017–18not published234104
2018–1992214127
2019–2087202123
2020–21337301203
2021–2277307151
2022–23372313193
2023–24417281150
2024–25356247111

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

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