Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at Tweed Valley Hospital

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Tweed Heads area of New South Wales was 363 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
363 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
44 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 76 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 182 days in 2011–12 to 363 days in 2024–25 — up 99% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Murwillumbah District Hospital, about 22 km away, at 179 days.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Septoplasty" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Septoplasty, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Tweed Valley Hospital363 daysnot published44 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)340 days26.6%1713 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)317 days18.9%801 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.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for septoplasty by financial year at Tweed Valley Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Tweed Valley Hospital 363NSW 340Australia 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 periodTweed Valley Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12182320160
2012–13341327197
2013–14350324221
2014–15354322214
2015–16346317209
2016–17308322209
2017–18328328248
2018–19253328241
2019–20329332277
2020–21343351330
2021–22253363315
2022–23373398365
2023–24363349332
2024–25363340320

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

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