Nasal cautery waiting times in Australian public hospitals
Public hospital waiting times for nasal cautery, nationally and by state.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Across Australia, the median wait for nasal cautery in public hospitals was 26 days in 2024–25, from 124 surgeries. 3.2% of people waited more than 365 days. 1 public hospital published a median wait for it.
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State by state
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unranked | New South Wales | not published | not published | 27 surgeries |
| unranked | Queensland | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | South Australia | not published | not published | 15 surgeries |
| unranked | Victoria | not published | not published | 76 surgeries |
| unranked | Western Australia | not published | not published | not published |
How the wait has changed
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) |
|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published |
| 2017–18 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 70 |
| 2019–20 | 80 |
| 2020–21 | 59 |
| 2021–22 | 37 |
| 2022–23 | 29 |
| 2023–24 | 61 |
| 2024–25 | 26 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for nasal cautery in a public hospital?
The national median was 26 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer.
How many people waited more than a year?
3.2% of people who had nasal cautery in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.
Cite this page
The national median wait for nasal cautery in Australian public hospitals was 26 days in 2024–25.
Copy-ready citation
Surgery Waits, "Nasal cautery waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nasal-cautery/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nasal-cautery/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/nasal-cautery.svg" width="720" height="182" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Nasal cautery by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.