Septoplasty waiting time at Casey Hospital

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Berwick area of Victoria was 153 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: 153 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 104 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 22.1%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

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 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 250 days in 2011–12 to 153 days in 2024–25 — down 39% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 39 km away, at 100 days. Here, 22.1% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 30.8%.

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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
Casey Hospital	153 days	22.1%	104 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	279 days	41.1%	1841 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	320 days	30.8%	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.

Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 21 km away208 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 22 km away244 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 22 km away258 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 28 km away218 days
Blackburn Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 29 km away690 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 33 km away910 days
The AlfredVIC · about 39 km away100 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 41 km away534 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 Septoplasty, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Casey Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	250	101	160
2012–13	155	129	197
2013–14	165	138	221
2014–15	154	131	214
2015–16	111	123	209
2016–17	76	89	209
2017–18	125	112	248
2018–19	188	125	241
2019–20	217	137	277
2020–21	278	264	330
2021–22	187	196	315
2022–23	267	449	365
2023–24	345	377	332
2024–25	153	279	320

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

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