ACL reconstruction waiting time at Williamstown 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 Williamstown 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: 92 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 66 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 6.1%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 59 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 47 days in 2016–17 to 92 days in 2024–25 — up 96% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 8 km away, at 86 days. Here, 6.1% 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
Williamstown Hospital	92 days	6.1%	66 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.

The AlfredVIC · about 8 km away86 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 9 km away109 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 10 km away37 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 10 km away31 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 15 km away240 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 16 km away93 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 17 km away66 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 18 km away143 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	Williamstown Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	47	56	78
2017–18	72	56	78
2018–19	84	69	82
2019–20	122	69	82
2020–21	72	126	97
2021–22	70	84	89
2022–23	90	84	95
2023–24	120	74	82
2024–25	92	68	81

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

All surgery at Williamstown Hospital · ACL reconstruction across Australia · ACL reconstruction in Victoria