ACL reconstruction waiting time at Royal North Shore Hospital
Half of patients at Royal North Shore Hospital waited 71 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 St Leonards 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
- 71 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 41 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 40 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 51 days in 2016–17 to 71 days in 2024–25 — up 39% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Northern Beaches Hospital, about 9 km away, at 69 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal North Shore Hospital | 71 days | not published | 41 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.
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 7 km away: 88 days
Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics, NSW · about 7 km away: 118 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 69 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 179 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 229 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 73 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 154 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 15 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
- Royal North Shore Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal North Shore Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 51 | 150 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | 54 | 137 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 65 | 129 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | 83 | 131 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | 54 | 196 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | 58 | 180 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 117 | 160 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 86 | 111 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 71 | 134 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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