Septoplasty waiting time at Prince of Wales 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: 361 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 62 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 43.5%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 73 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
Prince of Wales Hospital	361 days	43.5%	62 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	340 days	26.6%	1713 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.

St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]NSW · about 5 km away182 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 6 km away74 days
St George Hospital NSWNSW · about 11 km away181 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 12 km away340 days
Canterbury HospitalNSW · about 13 km away353 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 16 km away277 days
Sutherland HospitalNSW · about 17 km away368 days
Ryde HospitalNSW · about 19 km away306 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	Prince of Wales Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	339	320	160
2012–13	354	327	197
2013–14	334	324	221
2014–15	297	322	214
2015–16	328	317	209
2016–17	344	322	209
2017–18	344	328	248
2018–19	349	328	241
2019–20	355	332	277
2020–21	445	351	330
2021–22	403	363	315
2022–23	416	398	365
2023–24	317	349	332
2024–25	361	340	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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