ACL reconstruction waiting time at Lithgow Hospital
Half of patients at Lithgow Hospital waited 122 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 South Littleton 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
- 122 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 76 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 122 days in 2024–25 — up 42% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Children's Hospital at Westmead, about 87 km away, at 120 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lithgow Hospital | 122 days | not published | 13 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.
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 53 km away: 267 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 61 km away: 311 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 311 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 71 km away: 317 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 82 km away: 196 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 87 km away: 289 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 87 km away: 120 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 90 km away: 314 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Lithgow Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Lithgow Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 86 | 150 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 137 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 243 | 129 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 131 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | 337 | 196 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 180 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 160 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 111 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 122 | 134 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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