Septoplasty waiting time at Box Hill Hospital

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Box Hill area of Victoria was 910 days in 2024–25.

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: 910 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 75 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 78.7%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 103 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 661 days in 2011–12 to 910 days in 2024–25 — up 38% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, about 4 km away, at 690 days. Here, 78.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 30.8%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Septoplasty, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Box Hill Hospital	910 days	78.7%	75 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.

Blackburn Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 4 km away690 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 8 km away534 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 9 km away557 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 12 km away66 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 13 km away170 days
The AlfredVIC · about 13 km away100 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 13 km away245 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 13 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	Box Hill Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	661	101	160
2012–13	810	129	197
2013–14	861	138	221
2014–15	759	131	214
2015–16	627	123	209
2016–17	334	89	209
2017–18	293	112	248
2018–19	207	125	241
2019–20	251	137	277
2020–21	406	264	330
2021–22	501	196	315
2022–23	782	449	365
2023–24	898	377	332
2024–25	910	279	320

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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