ACL reconstruction waiting time at Bathurst Base Hospital
Half of patients at Bathurst Base Hospital waited 267 days or less for ACL reconstruction in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction". This public hospital is in the Bathurst area of New South Wales.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 267 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 23 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 97 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 281 days in 2016–17 to 267 days in 2024–25 — down 5% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Orange Health Service, about 46 km away, at 264 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bathurst Base Hospital | 267 days | not published | 23 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
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 81 days marks the national median.
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 46 km away: 264 days
Lithgow Hospital, NSW · about 53 km away: 122 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 113 km away: 311 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 118 km away: 311 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 123 km away: 317 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 133 km away: 196 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 136 km away: 314 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 138 km away: 289 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bathurst Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bathurst Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 281 | 150 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | 254 | 137 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 276 | 129 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | 239 | 131 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | 301 | 196 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | 370 | 180 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 303 | 160 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 117 | 111 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 267 | 134 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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