ACL reconstruction waiting time at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service
Half of patients at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service waited 42 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 Fremantle area of Western Australia.
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
- 42 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 143 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 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 73 days in 2016–17 to 42 days in 2024–25 — down 42% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, about 16 km away, at 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fremantle Hospital and Health Service | 42 days | 0.0% | 143 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 61 days | 1.2% | 578 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.
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 12 km away: 84 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 12 km away: 131 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 16 km away: 35 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 18 km away: 76 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 20 km away: 91 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 26 km away: 48 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 27 km away: 70 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 30 km away: 224 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Fremantle Hospital and Health Service
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Fremantle Hospital and Health Service (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 73 | 55 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | 75 | 68 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 68 | 69 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | 84 | 70 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | 70 | 77 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | 90 | 93 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 64 | 94 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 43 | 74 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 42 | 61 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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