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Functional endoscopic sinus surgery waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Functional endoscopic sinus surgery, nationally and by state.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Across Australia, the median wait for Functional endoscopic sinus surgery in public hospitals was 214 days in 2024–25, from 2508 surgeries. 22.7% of people waited more than 365 days. 64 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 214 days marks the national median.

Functional endoscopic sinus surgery in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank State or territory Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Queensland 81 days 6.5% 107 surgeries
2 Victoria 140 days 24.1% 967 surgeries
3 Western Australia 173 days 27.3% 172 surgeries
4 South Australia 267 days 28.9% 318 surgeries
5 New South Wales 310 days 19.6% 922 surgeries
unranked Northern Territory not published not published 22 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Functional endoscopic sinus surgery by financial year, Australia and the states with the shortest mediansdays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Australia 214QLD 81VIC 140WA 173
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Median wait in days for Functional endoscopic sinus surgery, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAustralia (days)QLD (days)VIC (days)WA (days)
2016–17111836390
2017–181198581105
2018–191397693100
2019–201278910393
2020–2121789167153
2021–22154908499
2022–23292117238143
2023–24274not published265150
2024–2521481140173

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.