ACL reconstruction waiting time at Perth Children's Hospital
Half of patients at Perth Children's Hospital waited 84 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 Crawley 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
- 84 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 17 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 50 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 98 days in 2018–19 to 84 days in 2024–25 — down 14% — while the national median fell from 82 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, about 5 km away, at 35 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Children's Hospital | 84 days | not published | 17 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.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 0 km away: 131 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 5 km away: 35 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 9 km away: 91 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 11 km away: 76 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 12 km away: 42 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 20 km away: 224 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 26 km away: 63 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 26 km away: 70 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Perth Children's Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Perth Children's Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 55 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 68 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 98 | 69 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | 79 | 70 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | 93 | 77 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | 91 | 93 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 139 | 94 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 117 | 74 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 84 | 61 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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