Septoplasty waiting time at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Septoplasty at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 534 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 78 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 75.6%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 98 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Septoplasty, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	534 days	75.6%	78 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	279 days	41.1%	1841 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	320 days	30.8%	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.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 1 km away557 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 8 km away910 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 9 km away245 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 9 km away170 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 9 km away66 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 10 km away288 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 11 km away165 days
Blackburn Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 12 km away690 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]
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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 period	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	208	101	160
2012–13	245	129	197
2013–14	343	138	221
2014–15	343	131	214
2015–16	282	123	209
2016–17	223	89	209
2017–18	290	112	248
2018–19	185	125	241
2019–20	177	137	277
2020–21	354	264	330
2021–22	219	196	315
2022–23	474	449	365
2023–24	603	377	332
2024–25	534	279	320

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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