Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Kings Park area of Western Australia 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
41 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 324 days in 2011–12 to 344 days in 2024–25 — up 6% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, about 5 km away, at 335 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
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital344 daysnot published41 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)211 days25.2%421 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 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 344WA 211Australia 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 periodSir Charles Gairdner Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2011–1232499160
2012–13241124197
2013–14167139221
2014–15188183214
2015–16183173209
2016–17132161209
2017–18196198248
2018–19389205241
2019–20375224277
2020–21376308330
2021–22121216315
2022–23243288365
2023–24303238332
2024–25344211320

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

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