ACL reconstruction waiting time at Belmont Hospital
Half of patients at Belmont Hospital waited 314 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 Valentine 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
- 314 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 38 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 102 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 86 days in 2016–17 to 314 days in 2024–25 — up 265% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is John Hunter Hospital, about 12 km away, at 255 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Hospital | 314 days | not published | 38 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.
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 255 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 31 km away: 239 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 34 km away: 127 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 52 km away: 103 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 89 km away: 69 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 90 km away: 64 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 98 km away: 71 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 100 km away: 229 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Belmont Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Belmont Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 86 | 150 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | 152 | 137 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 127 | 129 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | 123 | 131 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | 156 | 196 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | 188 | 180 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 86 | 160 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 80 | 111 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 314 | 134 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Belmont Hospital · ACL reconstruction across Australia · ACL reconstruction in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales