ACL reconstruction waiting time at Canterbury Hospital
Half of patients at Canterbury Hospital waited 154 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 Campsie 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
- 154 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 52 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
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 80 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 167 days in 2016–17 to 154 days in 2024–25 — down 8% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics, about 8 km away, at 118 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.7%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury Hospital | 154 days | 0.0% | 52 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.
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 7 km away: 332 days
Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics, NSW · about 8 km away: 118 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 68 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 179 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 12 km away: 88 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 73 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 91 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 71 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Canterbury Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Canterbury Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 167 | 150 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | 225 | 137 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 159 | 129 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | 191 | 131 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | 224 | 196 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | 329 | 180 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 146 | 160 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 116 | 111 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 154 | 134 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Canterbury Hospital · ACL reconstruction across Australia · ACL reconstruction in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales