Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at Westmead Hospital

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales was 218 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
218 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
17 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 32 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 234 days in 2011–12 to 218 days in 2024–25 — down 7% — 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.

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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
Westmead Hospital218 daysnot published17 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 Westmead Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Westmead Hospital 218NSW 340Australia 320
  • Westmead Hospital
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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 periodWestmead Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12234320160
2012–13199327197
2013–14279324221
2014–15182322214
2015–16100317209
2016–17313322209
2017–18314328248
2018–19230328241
2019–20301332277
2020–21343351330
2021–22449363315
2022–23380398365
2023–24363349332
2024–25218340320

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

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