ACL reconstruction waiting time at John Hunter Hospital
Half of patients at John Hunter Hospital waited 255 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 Rankin Park 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
- 255 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 16 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 95 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 84 days in 2016–17 to 255 days in 2024–25 — up 204% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Maitland Hospital, about 26 km away, at 127 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hunter Hospital | 255 days | not published | 16 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.
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 314 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 127 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 43 km away: 239 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 64 km away: 103 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 101 km away: 69 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 102 km away: 64 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 110 km away: 71 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 111 km away: 311 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- John Hunter Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | John Hunter Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 84 | 150 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | 118 | 137 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 140 | 129 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | 108 | 131 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | 246 | 196 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | 105 | 180 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 238 | 160 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 285 | 111 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 255 | 134 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at John Hunter Hospital · ACL reconstruction across Australia · ACL reconstruction in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales