Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Casey Hospital
Half of patients at Casey Hospital waited 153 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 Berwick area of Victoria.
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
- 153 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 104 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 22.1%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 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 250 days in 2011–12 to 153 days in 2024–25 — down 39% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 39 km away, at 100 days. Here, 22.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Hospital | 153 days | 22.1% | 104 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.
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 21 km away: 208 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 22 km away: 244 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 22 km away: 258 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 28 km away: 218 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 29 km away: 690 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 33 km away: 910 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 39 km away: 100 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 41 km away: 534 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Casey Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Casey Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 250 | 101 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | 155 | 129 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | 165 | 138 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | 154 | 131 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | 111 | 123 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | 76 | 89 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 125 | 112 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | 188 | 125 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 217 | 137 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 278 | 264 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 187 | 196 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 267 | 449 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 345 | 377 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 153 | 279 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Casey Hospital · Deviated septum surgery across Australia · Deviated septum surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria