Septoplasty waiting time at Lyell McEwin Hospital

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: 391 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 57 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 57.9%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 84 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
Lyell McEwin Hospital	391 days	57.9%	57 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	300 days	23.5%	584 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.

Modbury HospitalSA · about 10 km away351 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 19 km away364 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 19 km away217 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 21 km away259 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 32 km away329 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 42 km away231 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 46 km away312 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 70 km away237 days

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

How the wait has changed

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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	Lyell McEwin Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	202	133	160
2012–13	235	100	197
2013–14	not published	138	221
2014–15	not reported for this period	170	214
2015–16	not published	273	209
2016–17	363	276	209
2017–18	99	198	248
2018–19	225	273	241
2019–20	360	281	277
2020–21	440	324	330
2021–22	386	290	315
2022–23	380	325	365
2023–24	366	273	332
2024–25	391	300	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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