Surgery Waits

ACL reconstruction waiting time at Casino and District Memorial Hospital

The median wait for ACL reconstruction — published by the source as "Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction" — at this public hospital in the Casino area of New South Wales was 79 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
79 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
30 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 46 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 145 days in 2016–17 to 79 days in 2024–25 — down 46% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Lismore Base Hospital, about 25 km away, at 39 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
Casino and District Memorial Hospital79 daysnot published30 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)134 days9.8%1429 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)76 days3.9%854 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)81 days5.7%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.

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

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction by financial year at Casino and District Memorial Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0501001502002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Casino and District Memorial Hospital 79NSW 134Australia 81
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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 periodCasino and District Memorial Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–1714515078
2017–1814313778
2018–1914812982
2019–2010613182
2020–218219697
2021–226718089
2022–2316916095
2023–246011182
2024–257913481

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

All surgery at Casino and District Memorial Hospital · ACL reconstruction across Australia · ACL reconstruction in New South Wales