Septoplasty waiting time at Hawkesbury Hospital
The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Windsor area of New South Wales was 362 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
- 362 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 74 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 123 days in 2017–18 to 362 days in 2024–25 — up 194% — while the national median rose from 248 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Nepean Hospital, about 19 km away, at 291 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkesbury Hospital | 362 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 26.6% | 1713 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 320 days | 30.8% | 5687 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Hawkesbury Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Hawkesbury Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 320 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 327 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 324 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 322 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | not published | 317 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 322 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 123 | 328 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | 359 | 328 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 359 | 332 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 358 | 351 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 341 | 363 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 499 | 398 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 437 | 349 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 362 | 340 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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