Septoplasty waiting time at Sunshine Coast University 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: 258 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 106 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 14.2%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 41 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
Sunshine Coast University Hospital	258 days	14.2%	106 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	317 days	18.9%	801 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.

Nambour General HospitalQLD · about 21 km away229 days
Redcliffe HospitalQLD · about 54 km away252 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's HospitalQLD · about 78 km away395 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 79 km away337 days
Queensland Children's HospitalQLD · about 82 km away289 days
Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 83 km away343 days
Logan HospitalQLD · about 103 km away350 days
Ipswich HospitalQLD · about 103 km away178 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	Sunshine Coast University Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	60	160
2012–13	not reported for this period	76	197
2013–14	not reported for this period	87	221
2014–15	not reported for this period	84	214
2015–16	not reported for this period	97	209
2016–17	60	173	209
2017–18	204	302	248
2018–19	314	319	241
2019–20	329	314	277
2020–21	330	318	330
2021–22	441	309	315
2022–23	572	342	365
2023–24	210	282	332
2024–25	258	317	320

Queensland's quarterly figures for ent surgery

These are not figures for septoplasty. Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.

Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.

Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Sunshine Coast University.

Patients treated: 342 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time: 80.4%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter: 993 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended: 140 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

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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