ACL reconstruction waiting time at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Half of patients at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital waited 166 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 Woodville South area of South Australia.
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
- 166 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 82 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 139 days in 2018–19 to 166 days in 2024–25 — up 19% — while the national median fell from 82 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Adelaide Hospital, about 6 km away, at 162 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 166 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 66 days | 2.2% | 271 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.
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 6 km away: 162 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 15 km away: 91 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 29 km away: 91 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 38 km away: 14 days
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services, SA · about 224 km away: 37 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 62 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 71 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 139 | 79 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | 90 | 78 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | 67 | 77 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | 308 | 92 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 234 | 101 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 41 | 71 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 166 | 66 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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