ACL reconstruction waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for ACL reconstruction — published by the source as “Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction” — at this public hospital in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 247 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 34 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 108 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 94 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 79 days in 2017–18 to 247 days in 2024–25 — up 213% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is University Hospital Geelong, about 80 km away, at 65 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	247 days	not published	34 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	68 days	4.7%	944 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	81 days	5.7%	4122 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 81 days marks the national median.

University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 80 km away65 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 83 km away66 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 98 km away92 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 98 km away57 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 101 km away109 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 103 km away31 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 103 km away52 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 103 km away37 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not published	56	78
2017–18	79	56	78
2018–19	69	69	82
2019–20	107	69	82
2020–21	84	126	97
2021–22	106	84	89
2022–23	100	84	95
2023–24	92	74	82
2024–25	247	68	81

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

All surgery at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] · ACL reconstruction across Australia · ACL reconstruction in Victoria