ACL reconstruction waiting time at Port Macquarie Base Hospital
Half of patients at Port Macquarie Base Hospital waited 324 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 Port Macquarie 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
- 324 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 105 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 245 days in 2016–17 to 324 days in 2024–25 — up 32% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Manning Hospital, about 65 km away, at 96 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Macquarie Base Hospital | 324 days | not published | 18 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.
Manning Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 96 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 128 km away: 334 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 189 km away: 127 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 190 km away: 65 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 198 km away: 309 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 198 km away: 255 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 210 km away: 314 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 240 km away: 239 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Port Macquarie Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Port Macquarie Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 245 | 150 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | 300 | 137 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 298 | 129 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | 297 | 131 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | 421 | 196 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | 351 | 180 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 370 | 160 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 380 | 111 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 324 | 134 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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