Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Camperdown area of New South Wales was 74 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
74 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
84 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

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 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 233 days in 2011–12 to 74 days in 2024–25 — down 68% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 30.8%.

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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
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital74 days0.0%84 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 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 74NSW 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 periodRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12233320160
2012–1394327197
2013–14261324221
2014–15219322214
2015–1699317209
2016–17269322209
2017–18278328248
2018–19282328241
2019–20283332277
2020–21145351330
2021–22324363315
2022–2375398365
2023–2415349332
2024–2574340320

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

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