Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Traralgon area of Victoria was 446 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
446 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
15 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 94 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 160 days in 2011–12 to 446 days in 2024–25 — up 179% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul], about 48 km away, at 139 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
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]446 daysnot published15 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)279 days41.1%1841 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 Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], compared with Victoria and Australiadays01252503755002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] 446VIC 279Australia 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 periodLatrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–12160101160
2012–1391129197
2013–1449138221
2014–15108131214
2015–16172123209
2016–1710089209
2017–1878112248
2018–19105125241
2019–20138137277
2020–21211264330
2021–22116196315
2022–23not published449365
2023–24not published377332
2024–25446279320

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

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