Septoplasty waiting time at Williamstown 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: 203 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 44 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 28 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
Williamstown Hospital	203 days	not published	44 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.

The AlfredVIC · about 8 km away100 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 9 km away288 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 9 km away165 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 10 km away66 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 10 km away170 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 10 km away245 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 13 km away411 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 16 km away218 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	Williamstown Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	321	101	160
2012–13	348	129	197
2013–14	193	138	221
2014–15	28	131	214
2015–16	44	123	209
2016–17	78	89	209
2017–18	148	112	248
2018–19	191	125	241
2019–20	120	137	277
2020–21	553	264	330
2021–22	565	196	315
2022–23	747	449	365
2023–24	279	377	332
2024–25	203	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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