--- title: "Public hospital surgery waiting times in Australian Capital Territory" description: "Public hospital surgery waiting times in Australian Capital Territory for 2024–25: every surgery type's state median, every hospital, urgency-category performance and cross-border comparisons." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/state/act/" --- # Public hospital surgery waiting times in Australian Capital Territory In 2024–25, Australian Capital Territory's median waits ranged from **133 days** for inguinal hernia repair to **388 days** for knee replacement, across 3 public hospitals. Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. Australian Capital Territory public hospitals report their planned-surgery waiting times to the national collection once a year. This page brings the state's figures together: every surgery type with a published state median, every hospital, and the urgency-category performance — each linking to the detailed comparison. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick a surgery and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept. ## Waiting times by surgery in Australian Capital Territory Median waiting time by surgery type in Australian Capital Territory public hospitals, 2024–25, shortest first. Surgeries with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Rank | Surgery | State median | National median | Waited more than 365 days | Hospitals reporting | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Inguinal hernia repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/act/) | 133 days | 73 days | 10.3% | 2 | | 2 | [Hernia repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hernia-repair/act/) | 140 days | 86 days | 12.7% | 2 | | 3 | [Hip replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/act/) | 181 days | 130 days | 22.8% | 2 | | 4 | [Tonsillectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/act/) | 302 days | 182 days | 46.0% | 2 | | 5 | [Knee replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/knee-replacement/act/) | 388 days | 255 days | 53.0% | 2 | ## Treated on time, by urgency category Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. What each category means, with every hospital compared nationally, is on [the urgency categories pages](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/). Share of patients treated within the clinically recommended time at Australian Capital Territory public hospitals, by urgency category, 2024–25. Ranked on Category 1 (urgent); hospitals with the same figure share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Rank | Hospital | Category 1 (urgent) | Category 2 (semi-urgent) | Category 3 (non-urgent) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [The Canberra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-canberra-hospital/) | 82% | 39% | 65% | | 2 | [North Canberra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/north-canberra-hospital/) | 66% | 69% | 73% | ## Across the border from Australian Capital Territory A public hospital referral can cross a state border, and near a border the shorter published wait is often on the other side. These are the biggest published differences involving Australian Capital Territory hospitals in 2024–25 — [the full cross-border comparison](https://surgerywaits.au/longest-waits/border/) explains how they are computed, and [the referral guide](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/) explains what crossing the border involves. Biggest published cross-border differences in median wait involving Australian Capital Territory, 2024–25. Hospitals within 100 km of each other, straight-line. A shorter median is not a recommendation. | Surgery | Longer wait | Across the border | Distance | Difference | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Hernia repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hernia-repair/) | [North Canberra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/north-canberra-hospital/hernia-repair/), ACT · 199 days | [Queanbeyan Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/queanbeyan-hospital/hernia-repair/), NSW · 28 days | 17 km | 171 days | | [Hip replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/) | [Goulburn Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/goulburn-base-hospital/hip-replacement/), NSW · 312 days | [North Canberra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/north-canberra-hospital/hip-replacement/), ACT · 168 days | 80 km | 144 days | | [Inguinal hernia repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/) | [North Canberra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/north-canberra-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/), ACT · 191 days | [Queanbeyan Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/queanbeyan-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/), NSW · 70 days | 17 km | 121 days | | [Knee replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/knee-replacement/) | [North Canberra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/north-canberra-hospital/knee-replacement/), ACT · 446 days | [Goulburn Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/goulburn-base-hospital/knee-replacement/), NSW · 332 days | 80 km | 114 days | | [Hernia repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hernia-repair/) | [The Canberra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-canberra-hospital/hernia-repair/), ACT · 127 days | [Queanbeyan Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/queanbeyan-hospital/hernia-repair/), NSW · 28 days | 12 km | 99 days | **Cite this page** > In 2024–25, Australian Capital Territory's published median waits for planned surgery ranged from 133 days for inguinal hernia repair to 388 days for knee replacement, across 3 public hospitals (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Australian Capital Territory surgery waiting lists", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/state/act/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/state/act/](https://surgerywaits.au/state/act/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026. ## Every public hospital in Australian Capital Territory Sorted by how many surgery types each reported for 2024–25. A hospital's own page lists every surgery it reports, its urgency-category figures and its history. - [The Canberra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-canberra-hospital/) — 44 surgery types - [North Canberra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/north-canberra-hospital/) — 30 surgery types - [North Canberra Hospital (previously known as Calvary Public Hospital Bruce)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/north-canberra-hospital-previously-known-as-calvary-public-hospital-bruce/) — 0 surgery types ## What is not here Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here. State medians cover everyone who had that surgery in the state, in all urgency categories together — [how these figures are put together](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/). ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you. **In an emergency call 000.** Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations. 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