Septoplasty waiting time at Modbury Hospital

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Modbury area of South Australia was 351 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: 351 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 56 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 39.3%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 71 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 155 days in 2011–12 to 351 days in 2024–25 — up 126% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Adelaide Hospital, about 13 km away, at 259 days. Here, 39.3% 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
Modbury Hospital	351 days	39.3%	56 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	300 days	23.5%	584 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.

Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 10 km away391 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 13 km away259 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 15 km away217 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 24 km away329 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 27 km away364 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 32 km away231 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 38 km away312 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 63 km away237 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	Modbury Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	155	133	160
2012–13	183	100	197
2013–14	281	138	221
2014–15	165	170	214
2015–16	268	273	209
2016–17	339	276	209
2017–18	364	198	248
2018–19	341	273	241
2019–20	357	281	277
2020–21	475	324	330
2021–22	313	290	315
2022–23	408	325	365
2023–24	447	273	332
2024–25	351	300	320

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

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