Septoplasty waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Carlton area of Victoria was 288 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: 288 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 88 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 34.1%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 46 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 328 days in 2011–12 to 288 days in 2024–25 — down 12% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], about 1 km away, at 165 days. Here, 34.1% 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
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]	288 days	34.1%	88 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	279 days	41.1%	1841 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.

Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 1 km away165 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 2 km away245 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 2 km away170 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 2 km away66 days
The AlfredVIC · about 6 km away100 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 9 km away203 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 9 km away557 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 10 km away534 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	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	328	101	160
2012–13	337	129	197
2013–14	298	138	221
2014–15	352	131	214
2015–16	329	123	209
2016–17	229	89	209
2017–18	160	112	248
2018–19	227	125	241
2019–20	339	137	277
2020–21	700	264	330
2021–22	536	196	315
2022–23	282	449	365
2023–24	287	377	332
2024–25	288	279	320

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

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