ACL reconstruction waiting time at Tamworth Hospital
Half of patients at Tamworth Hospital waited 65 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 North Tamworth 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
- 65 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 28 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 32 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 258 days in 2016–17 to 65 days in 2024–25 — down 75% — 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.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamworth Hospital | 65 days | not published | 28 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 172 km away: 96 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 190 km away: 324 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 193 km away: 127 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 218 km away: 255 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 224 km away: 334 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 227 km away: 314 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 248 km away: 309 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 249 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
- Tamworth Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Tamworth Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 258 | 150 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | 204 | 137 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 183 | 129 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 131 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | 244 | 196 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | 38 | 180 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 320 | 160 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 60 | 111 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 65 | 134 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Tamworth Hospital · ACL reconstruction across Australia · ACL reconstruction in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales