ACL reconstruction waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

The median wait for ACL reconstruction — published by the source as "Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction" — at this public hospital in the Geelong area of Victoria was 65 days in 2024–25.

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: 35 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 85 days in 2016–17 to 65 days in 2024–25 — down 24% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's On the Park, about 66 km away, at 37 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
University Hospital Geelong	65 days	not published	35 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.

Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 41 km away66 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 56 km away92 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 61 km away240 days
The AlfredVIC · about 64 km away86 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 65 km away109 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 66 km away37 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 66 km away31 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 66 km away93 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	University Hospital Geelong (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	85	56	78
2017–18	65	56	78
2018–19	56	69	82
2019–20	55	69	82
2020–21	156	126	97
2021–22	174	84	89
2022–23	82	84	95
2023–24	63	74	82
2024–25	65	68	81

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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