Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Coffs Harbour Hospital
Half of patients at Coffs Harbour Hospital waited 433 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 North Boambee Valley 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
- 433 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 48 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 91 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 355 days in 2011–12 to 433 days in 2024–25 — up 22% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Murwillumbah District Hospital, about 224 km away, at 179 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour Hospital | 433 days | not published | 48 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 26.6% | 1713 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 317 days | 18.9% | 801 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.
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 169 km away: 462 days
Murwillumbah District Hospital, NSW · about 224 km away: 179 days
Tweed Valley Hospital, NSW · about 242 km away: 363 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 264 km away: 342 days
Logan Hospital, QLD · about 294 km away: 350 days
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 302 km away: 178 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 315 km away: 343 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 315 km away: 289 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Coffs Harbour Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Coffs Harbour Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 355 | 320 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | 364 | 327 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | 345 | 324 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | 351 | 322 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | 323 | 317 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | 331 | 322 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 317 | 328 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | 339 | 328 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 338 | 332 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 420 | 351 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 327 | 363 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 368 | 398 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 432 | 349 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 433 | 340 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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