ACL reconstruction waiting time at Shoalhaven Hospital
Half of patients at Shoalhaven Hospital waited 92 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 West Nowra 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
- 92 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 26 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 59 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 342 days in 2016–17 to 92 days in 2024–25 — down 73% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sutherland Hospital, about 104 km away, at 91 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoalhaven Hospital | 92 days | not published | 26 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.
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 41 km away: 390 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 168 days
Goulburn Base Hospital, NSW · about 82 km away: 226 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 90 km away: 314 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 104 km away: 91 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 111 km away: 332 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 115 km away: 154 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 196 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Shoalhaven Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Shoalhaven Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 342 | 150 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | 109 | 137 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 81 | 129 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | 37 | 131 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | 81 | 196 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | 238 | 180 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 141 | 160 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 76 | 111 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 92 | 134 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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