Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at Port Pirie Regional Health Service

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Port Pirie area of South Australia was 513 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
513 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
17 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 97 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 58 days in 2016–17 to 513 days in 2024–25 — up 784% — while the national median rose from 209 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services, about 77 km away, at 194 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
Port Pirie Regional Health Service513 daysnot published17 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)300 days23.5%584 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 Port Pirie Regional Health Service, compared with South Australia and Australiadays01883755637502011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Port Pirie Regional Health Service 513SA 300Australia 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 periodPort Pirie Regional Health Service (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not published133160
2012–13not published100197
2013–14not published138221
2014–15not published170214
2015–16not published273209
2016–1758276209
2017–18168198248
2018–1958273241
2019–20170281277
2020–21245324330
2021–22226290315
2022–23360325365
2023–24429273332
2024–25513300320

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

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