Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Bathurst Base Hospital
Half of patients at Bathurst Base Hospital waited 264 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 Bathurst 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
- 264 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 44 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 288 days in 2014–15 to 264 days in 2024–25 — down 8% — while the national median rose from 214 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Westmead Hospital, about 138 km away, at 218 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bathurst Base Hospital | 264 days | not published | 18 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.
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 46 km away: 342 days
Mudgee Health Service, NSW · about 89 km away: 337 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 113 km away: 291 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 118 km away: 362 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 136 km away: 349 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 138 km away: 344 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 138 km away: 218 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 139 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
- Bathurst Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bathurst Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 320 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 327 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 324 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | 288 | 322 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | 335 | 317 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | 325 | 322 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 330 | 328 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | 325 | 328 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 302 | 332 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 351 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 363 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 398 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 359 | 349 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 264 | 340 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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