Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Mount Nasura area of Western Australia was 329 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
329 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
10 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 103 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 55 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 61 days in 2011–12 to 329 days in 2024–25 — up 439% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St John of God Midland Public Hospital, about 27 km away, at 64 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Septoplasty, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital329 daysnot published10 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)211 days25.2%421 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)320 days30.8%5687 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 320 days marks the national median.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for septoplasty by financial year at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital 329WA 211Australia 320
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Septoplasty, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodArmadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2011–126199160
2012–1374124197
2013–14171139221
2014–15310183214
2015–16284173209
2016–17341161209
2017–18362198248
2018–19293205241
2019–20144224277
2020–21not published308330
2021–22392216315
2022–23112288365
2023–24178238332
2024–25329211320

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

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