Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at Coffs Harbour Hospital

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the North Boambee Valley area of New South Wales was 433 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Septoplasty, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Coffs Harbour Hospital433 daysnot published48 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)340 days26.6%1713 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)317 days18.9%801 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)320 days30.8%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.

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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for septoplasty by financial year at Coffs Harbour Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Coffs Harbour Hospital 433NSW 340Australia 320
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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 periodCoffs Harbour Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12355320160
2012–13364327197
2013–14345324221
2014–15351322214
2015–16323317209
2016–17331322209
2017–18317328248
2018–19339328241
2019–20338332277
2020–21420351330
2021–22327363315
2022–23368398365
2023–24432349332
2024–25433340320

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

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