Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at St George Hospital NSW

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Kogarah area of New South Wales was 181 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
181 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
29 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 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 90 days in 2011–12 to 181 days in 2024–25 — up 101% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 10 km away, at 74 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
St George Hospital NSW181 daysnot published29 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)340 days26.6%1713 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 St George Hospital NSW, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25St George Hospital NSW 181NSW 340Australia 320
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Median wait in days for Septoplasty, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSt George Hospital NSW (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–1290320160
2012–13259327197
2013–14204324221
2014–1596322214
2015–1653317209
2016–1748322209
2017–1859328248
2018–1974328241
2019–2091332277
2020–2174351330
2021–22not published363315
2022–23104398365
2023–24149349332
2024–25181340320

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

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