ACL reconstruction waiting time at Northern Beaches Hospital
Half of patients at Northern Beaches Hospital waited 69 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 Frenchs Forest 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
- 69 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 57 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 38 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 70 days in 2018–19 to 69 days in 2024–25 — down 1% — while the national median fell from 82 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, about 12 km away, at 64 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.7%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Beaches Hospital | 69 days | 0.0% | 57 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.
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 71 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 64 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 229 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 14 km away: 88 days
Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics, NSW · about 16 km away: 118 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 179 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 73 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 68 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Northern Beaches Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Northern Beaches Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 150 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 137 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 70 | 129 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | 74 | 131 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | 99 | 196 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | 173 | 180 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 97 | 160 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 70 | 111 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 69 | 134 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Northern Beaches Hospital · ACL reconstruction across Australia · ACL reconstruction in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales