ACL reconstruction waiting time at Lismore Base Hospital
Half of patients at Lismore Base Hospital waited 39 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 Lismore 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
- 39 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 31 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 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 20 days in 2016–17 to 39 days in 2024–25 — up 95% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lismore Base Hospital | 39 days | not published | 31 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 134 days | 9.8% | 1429 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 76 days | 3.9% | 854 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.
Casino and District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 25 km away: 79 days
Tweed Valley Hospital, NSW · about 75 km away: 94 days
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 82 km away: 72 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 95 km away: 68 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 102 km away: 309 days
Logan Hospital, QLD · about 127 km away: 84 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 141 km away: 73 days
Redland Hospital, QLD · about 141 km away: 59 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Lismore Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Lismore Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 20 | 150 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | 23 | 137 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 93 | 129 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | 21 | 131 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | 30 | 196 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | 130 | 180 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 93 | 160 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 111 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 39 | 134 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Lismore Base Hospital · ACL reconstruction across Australia · ACL reconstruction in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales