Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction waiting times in South Australia

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

15 public hospitals in South Australia reported Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in 2024–25. The state median was 66 days; the national median was 81 days.

7 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.

Gawler Health Service14 days
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services37 days
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service42 days
Naracoorte Health Service55 days
Modbury Hospital91 days
Noarlunga Hospital91 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital162 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital166 days
Clare Hospitalnot published
Lyell McEwin Hospitalnot published
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospitalnot published
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)not published
Port Pirie Regional Health Servicenot published
Riverland General Hospitalnot published
Women's and Children's Hospitalnot published

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in South Australia 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	Gawler Health Service	14 days	not published	40 surgeries
2	Whyalla Hospital and Health Services	37 days	not published	20 surgeries
3	Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service	42 days	not published	23 surgeries
4	Naracoorte Health Service	55 days	not published	23 surgeries
5	Modbury Hospital	91 days	not published	47 surgeries
5	Noarlunga Hospital	91 days	0.0%	54 surgeries
7	Royal Adelaide Hospital	162 days	not published	18 surgeries
8	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital	166 days	not published	13 surgeries
unranked	Clare Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Lyell McEwin Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Port Pirie Regional Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Riverland General Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Women's and Children's Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries

What is not here

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

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state.