Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at Bentley Health Service

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the St James area of Western Australia was 368 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
368 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
19 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 81 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 17 days in 2011–12 to 368 days in 2024–25 — up 2065% — 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 8 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
Bentley Health Service368 daysnot published19 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 Bentley Health Service, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Bentley Health Service 368WA 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 periodBentley Health Service (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2011–121799160
2012–1336124197
2013–1469139221
2014–1593183214
2015–1654173209
2016–1740161209
2017–1862198248
2018–1922205241
2019–2085224277
2020–21144308330
2021–22110216315
2022–23215288365
2023–24363238332
2024–25368211320

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

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