Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at Liverpool Hospital

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Warwick Farm area of New South Wales was 344 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
344 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
31 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 66 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 263 days in 2011–12 to 344 days in 2024–25 — up 31% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Auburn Hospital, about 12 km away, at 330 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
Liverpool Hospital344 daysnot published31 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)340 days26.6%1713 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 Liverpool Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01883755637502011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Liverpool Hospital 344NSW 340Australia 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 periodLiverpool Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12263320160
2012–13274327197
2013–14352324221
2014–15337322214
2015–16339317209
2016–17298322209
2017–18317328248
2018–19324328241
2019–20357332277
2020–21361351330
2021–22479363315
2022–23663398365
2023–24439349332
2024–25344340320

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

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