ACL reconstruction waiting time at Wollongong 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 Wollongong area of New South Wales, 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
- 168 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 29 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 83 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 322 days in 2016–17 to 168 days in 2024–25 — down 48% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sutherland Hospital, about 48 km away, at 91 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong Hospital | 168 days | not published | 29 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 134 days | 9.8% | 1429 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 81 days | 5.7% | 4122 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Wollongong Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wollongong Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 322 | 150 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | 353 | 137 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 315 | 129 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | 124 | 131 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | 334 | 196 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | 170 | 180 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 363 | 160 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 194 | 111 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 168 | 134 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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