Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, nationally and by state.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Across Australia, the median wait for Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in public hospitals was 81 days in 2024–25, from 4122 surgeries. 5.7% of people waited more than 365 days. 108 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 81 days marks the national median.

Western Australia61 days
South Australia66 days
Victoria68 days
Queensland76 days
New South Wales134 days
Australian Capital Territorynot published
Northern Territorynot published

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	State or territory	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Western Australia	61 days	1.2%	578 surgeries
2	South Australia	66 days	2.2%	271 surgeries
3	Victoria	68 days	4.7%	944 surgeries
4	Queensland	76 days	3.9%	854 surgeries
5	New South Wales	134 days	9.8%	1429 surgeries
unranked	Australian Capital Territory	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	44 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
WA
SA
VIC

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Median wait in days for Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	WA (days)	SA (days)	VIC (days)
2016–17	78	55	62	56
2017–18	78	68	71	56
2018–19	82	69	79	69
2019–20	82	70	78	69
2020–21	97	77	77	126
2021–22	89	93	92	84
2022–23	95	94	101	84
2023–24	82	74	71	74
2024–25	81	61	66	68

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.