Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Bentley Health Service
Half of patients at Bentley Health Service waited 368 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 St James area of Western Australia.
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
- 368 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 19 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 81 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 17 days in 2011–12 to 368 days in 2024–25 — up 2065% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, about 8 km away, at 335 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley Health Service | 368 days | not published | 19 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 211 days | 25.2% | 421 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 Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 8 km away: 335 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 10 km away: 440 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 11 km away: 344 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 14 km away: 64 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 17 km away: 329 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 18 km away: 201 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 33 km away: 155 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 35 km away: 171 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bentley Health Service
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bentley Health Service (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 17 | 99 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | 36 | 124 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | 69 | 139 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | 93 | 183 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | 54 | 173 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | 40 | 161 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 62 | 198 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | 22 | 205 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 85 | 224 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 144 | 308 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 110 | 216 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 215 | 288 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 363 | 238 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 368 | 211 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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