Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction waiting time at The Bendigo 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: 57 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 40 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 27 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
The Bendigo Hospital	57 days	not published	40 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.

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 98 km away247 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 120 km away52 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 131 km away143 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 131 km away109 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 132 km away66 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 133 km away31 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 133 km away37 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 135 km away92 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	The Bendigo Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	56	56	78
2017–18	71	56	78
2018–19	68	69	82
2019–20	63	69	82
2020–21	not published	126	97
2021–22	103	84	89
2022–23	74	84	95
2023–24	67	74	82
2024–25	57	68	81

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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