ACL reconstruction waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for ACL reconstruction — published by the source as “Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction” — at this public hospital in the Lalor 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: 52 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 86 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 4.7%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 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 69 days in 2017–18 to 52 days in 2024–25 — down 25% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 17 km away, at 31 days. Here, 4.7% 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
The Northern Hospital [Epping]	52 days	4.7%	86 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.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away143 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 17 km away109 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 17 km away31 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 18 km away37 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 20 km away54 days
The AlfredVIC · about 22 km away86 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 26 km away92 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]VIC · about 27 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	The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not published	56	78
2017–18	69	56	78
2018–19	35	69	82
2019–20	50	69	82
2020–21	59	126	97
2021–22	57	84	89
2022–23	42	84	95
2023–24	51	74	82
2024–25	52	68	81

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

All surgery at The Northern Hospital [Epping] · ACL reconstruction across Australia · ACL reconstruction in Victoria