Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction waiting time at Queensland Children's Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction at this public hospital, 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: 87 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 58 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 3.4%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

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 53 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

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
Queensland Children's Hospital	87 days	3.4%	58 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	76 days	3.9%	854 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.

Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 0 km away52 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 2 km away40 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 4 km away92 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee HospitalQLD · about 9 km away73 days
The Prince Charles HospitalQLD · about 10 km away95 days
Redland HospitalQLD · about 23 km away59 days
Logan HospitalQLD · about 24 km away84 days
Redcliffe HospitalQLD · about 30 km away49 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	Queensland Children's Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	56	63	78
2017–18	54	68	78
2018–19	77	76	82
2019–20	77	76	82
2020–21	63	75	97
2021–22	122	70	89
2022–23	138	68	95
2023–24	104	72	82
2024–25	87	76	81

Queensland's quarterly figures for orthopaedic surgery

These are not figures for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.

Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.

Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Queensland Children's.

Patients treated: 447 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time: 74.3%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter: 737 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended: 61 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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