Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
Half of patients at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital waited 367 days or less for deviated septum surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Septoplasty". This public hospital is in the Condell Park area of New South Wales.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 367 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 85 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 50.6%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 79 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 359 days in 2011–12 to 367 days in 2024–25 — up 2% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Canterbury Hospital, about 7 km away, at 353 days. Here, 50.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 30.8%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Septoplasty" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital | 367 days | 50.6% | 85 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.
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 7 km away: 353 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 8 km away: 330 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 8 km away: 344 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 11 km away: 181 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 277 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 368 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 218 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 15 km away: 318 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 359 | 320 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | 363 | 327 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | 295 | 324 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | 304 | 322 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | 250 | 317 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | 134 | 322 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 106 | 328 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | 189 | 328 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 325 | 332 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 369 | 351 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 385 | 363 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 439 | 398 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 367 | 349 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 367 | 340 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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