ACL reconstruction waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]
Half of patients at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] waited 31 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 Fitzroy area of Victoria.
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
- 31 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 56 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 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 83 days in 2016–17 to 31 days in 2024–25 — down 63% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | 31 days | 0.0% | 56 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 68 days | 4.7% | 944 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 On the Park, VIC · about 1 km away: 37 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 2 km away: 109 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 4 km away: 86 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 8 km away: 143 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 10 km away: 92 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 13 km away: 54 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 15 km away: 93 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 17 km away: 52 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 83 | 56 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | 86 | 56 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 32 | 69 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | 27 | 69 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | 30 | 126 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | 76 | 84 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 71 | 84 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 43 | 74 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 31 | 68 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] · ACL reconstruction across Australia · ACL reconstruction in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria