Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction waiting times in New South Wales

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

53 public hospitals in New South Wales reported Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in 2024–25. The state median was 134 days; the national median was 81 days.

11 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

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

Queanbeyan Hospital28 days
Lismore Base Hospital39 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital64 days
Tamworth Hospital65 days
Auburn Hospital68 days
Northern Beaches Hospital69 days
Royal North Shore Hospital71 days
Prince of Wales Hospital73 days
Casino and District Memorial Hospital79 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]88 days
Sutherland Hospital91 days
Shoalhaven Hospital92 days
Tweed Valley Hospital94 days
Manning Hospital96 days
Dubbo Hospital101 days
Gosford Hospital103 days
Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics118 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead120 days
Lithgow Hospital122 days
Maitland Hospital127 days
Canterbury Hospital154 days
Wollongong Hospital168 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital174 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital179 days
Fairfield Hospital196 days
Goulburn Base Hospital226 days
Ryde Hospital229 days
Wyong Hospital239 days
John Hunter Hospital255 days
Orange Health Service264 days
Bathurst Base Hospital267 days
Westmead Hospital289 days
Grafton Base Hospital309 days
Hawkesbury Hospital311 days
Nepean Hospital311 days
Belmont Hospital314 days
Campbelltown Hospital314 days
Mount Druitt Hospital317 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital324 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital332 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital334 days
Shellharbour Hospital390 days
Armidale Hospitalnot published
Blacktown Hospitalnot published
Bowral Hospitalnot published
Cessnock Hospitalnot published
Cooma Hospital and Health Servicenot published
Griffith Base Hospitalnot published
Liverpool Hospitalnot published
Royal Prince Alfred Hospitalnot published
Singleton Hospitalnot published
South East Regional Hospitalnot published
Sydney Children's Hospitalnot published

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Queanbeyan Hospital	28 days	not published	16 surgeries
2	Lismore Base Hospital	39 days	not published	31 surgeries
3	Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital	64 days	1.7%	60 surgeries
4	Tamworth Hospital	65 days	not published	28 surgeries
5	Auburn Hospital	68 days	not published	14 surgeries
6	Northern Beaches Hospital	69 days	0.0%	57 surgeries
7	Royal North Shore Hospital	71 days	not published	41 surgeries
8	Prince of Wales Hospital	73 days	4.3%	92 surgeries
9	Casino and District Memorial Hospital	79 days	not published	30 surgeries
10	St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]	88 days	not published	11 surgeries
11	Sutherland Hospital	91 days	1.5%	67 surgeries
12	Shoalhaven Hospital	92 days	not published	26 surgeries
13	Tweed Valley Hospital	94 days	0.0%	65 surgeries
14	Manning Hospital	96 days	not published	13 surgeries
15	Dubbo Hospital	101 days	not published	40 surgeries
16	Gosford Hospital	103 days	not published	20 surgeries
17	Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics	118 days	not published	35 surgeries
18	The Children's Hospital at Westmead	120 days	not published	14 surgeries
19	Lithgow Hospital	122 days	not published	13 surgeries
20	Maitland Hospital	127 days	not published	43 surgeries
21	Canterbury Hospital	154 days	0.0%	52 surgeries
22	Wollongong Hospital	168 days	not published	29 surgeries
23	Wagga Wagga Hospital	174 days	not published	35 surgeries
24	Concord Repatriation Hospital	179 days	not published	47 surgeries
25	Fairfield Hospital	196 days	9.1%	55 surgeries
26	Goulburn Base Hospital	226 days	not published	16 surgeries
27	Ryde Hospital	229 days	not published	19 surgeries
28	Wyong Hospital	239 days	not published	10 surgeries
29	John Hunter Hospital	255 days	not published	16 surgeries
30	Orange Health Service	264 days	not published	14 surgeries
31	Bathurst Base Hospital	267 days	not published	23 surgeries
32	Westmead Hospital	289 days	not published	26 surgeries
33	Grafton Base Hospital	309 days	not published	13 surgeries
34	Hawkesbury Hospital	311 days	not published	22 surgeries
34	Nepean Hospital	311 days	26.3%	57 surgeries
36	Belmont Hospital	314 days	not published	38 surgeries
36	Campbelltown Hospital	314 days	not published	30 surgeries
38	Mount Druitt Hospital	317 days	2.7%	74 surgeries
39	Port Macquarie Base Hospital	324 days	not published	18 surgeries
40	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital	332 days	not published	24 surgeries
41	Coffs Harbour Hospital	334 days	not published	29 surgeries
42	Shellharbour Hospital	390 days	not published	13 surgeries
unranked	Armidale Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Blacktown Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Bowral Hospital	not published	not published	7 surgeries
unranked	Cessnock Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	Cooma Hospital and Health Service	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Griffith Base Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Liverpool Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Singleton Hospital	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	South East Regional Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	Sydney Children's Hospital	not published	not published	not published

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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