Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Turvey Park area of New South Wales was 366 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
366 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
77 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
50.6%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 78 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 345 days in 2016–17 to 366 days in 2024–25 — up 6% — while the national median rose from 209 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is North Canberra Hospital, about 158 km away, at 317 days. Here, 50.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 30.8%.

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
Wagga Wagga Hospital366 days50.6%77 surgeries
Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals)not publishednot published99 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)340 days26.6%1713 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.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for septoplasty by financial year at Wagga Wagga Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Wagga Wagga Hospital 366NSW 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 periodWagga Wagga Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not published320160
2012–13not published327197
2013–14not published324221
2014–15not published322214
2015–16not published317209
2016–17345322209
2017–18352328248
2018–19338328241
2019–20329332277
2020–21329351330
2021–22321363315
2022–23496398365
2023–24411349332
2024–25366340320

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

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