Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Geelong area of Victoria was 189 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
189 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
25 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 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 116 days in 2011–12 to 189 days in 2024–25 — up 63% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 64 km away, at 100 days.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Septoplasty" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Septoplasty, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
University Hospital Geelong189 daysnot published25 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 University Hospital Geelong, compared with Victoria and Australiadays01252503755002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25University Hospital Geelong 189VIC 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 periodUniversity Hospital Geelong (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–12116101160
2012–1395129197
2013–14110138221
2014–15203131214
2015–1674123209
2016–177289209
2017–18335112248
2018–19282125241
2019–20128137277
2020–21263264330
2021–22310196315
2022–23377449365
2023–24217377332
2024–25189279320

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

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