Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the East Melbourne area of Victoria was 170 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
170 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
50 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
22.0%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 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 33 days in 2011–12 to 170 days in 2024–25 — up 415% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's On the Park, about 0 km away, at 66 days. Here, 22.0% 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
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital170 days22.0%50 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)279 days41.1%1841 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 The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays01252503755002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital 170VIC 279Australia 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 periodThe Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–1233101160
2012–1334129197
2013–1430138221
2014–1541131214
2015–1638123209
2016–174689209
2017–1847112248
2018–1952125241
2019–2063137277
2020–21106264330
2021–2269196315
2022–2373449365
2023–2491377332
2024–25170279320

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

All surgery at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital · Septoplasty across Australia · Septoplasty in Victoria