Septoplasty waiting time at The Queen Elizabeth 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: 217 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 90 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 17.8%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 30 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
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital	217 days	17.8%	90 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.

Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 6 km away259 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 15 km away351 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 16 km away329 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 19 km away391 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 29 km away312 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 38 km away231 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 38 km away364 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 73 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	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	68	133	160
2012–13	87	100	197
2013–14	102	138	221
2014–15	320	170	214
2015–16	360	273	209
2016–17	337	276	209
2017–18	112	198	248
2018–19	80	273	241
2019–20	31	281	277
2020–21	91	324	330
2021–22	150	290	315
2022–23	134	325	365
2023–24	118	273	332
2024–25	217	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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