Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Springvale area of Victoria was 208 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
208 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
36 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 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 223 days in 2023–24 to 208 days in 2024–25 — down 7% — while the national median fell from 332 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 18 km away, at 100 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
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]208 daysnot published36 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 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], compared with Victoria and Australiadays01252503755002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 208VIC 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 periodMonash Medical Centre [Clayton] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not reported for this period101160
2012–13not published129197
2013–14not reported for this period138221
2014–15not reported for this period131214
2015–16not reported for this period123209
2016–17not published89209
2017–18not published112248
2018–19not published125241
2019–20not published137277
2020–21not published264330
2021–22not reported for this period196315
2022–23not published449365
2023–24223377332
2024–25208279320

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

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