ACL reconstruction waiting time at Rockingham General 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 Cooloongup area of Western Australia, 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: 48 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 55 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 88 days in 2016–17 to 48 days in 2024–25 — down 45% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, about 26 km away, at 42 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.7%.

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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
Rockingham General Hospital	48 days	0.0%	55 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)	61 days	1.2%	578 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.

Fremantle Hospital and Health ServiceWA · about 26 km away42 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial HospitalWA · about 29 km away70 days
Bentley Health ServiceWA · about 35 km away76 days
Perth Children's HospitalWA · about 36 km away84 days
Sir Charles Gairdner HospitalWA · about 36 km away131 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street CampusWA · about 39 km away35 days
Osborne Park HospitalWA · about 45 km away91 days
St John of God Midland Public HospitalWA · about 49 km away224 days

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

How the wait has changed

Rockingham General Hospital
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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	Rockingham General Hospital (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	88	55	78
2017–18	78	68	78
2018–19	58	69	82
2019–20	82	70	82
2020–21	75	77	97
2021–22	70	93	89
2022–23	84	94	95
2023–24	34	74	82
2024–25	48	61	81

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

All surgery at Rockingham General Hospital · ACL reconstruction across Australia · ACL reconstruction in Western Australia