Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Dubbo Hospital
Half of patients at Dubbo Hospital waited 395 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 Dubbo 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
- 395 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 70 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 64.3%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 85 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 327 days in 2011–12 to 395 days in 2024–25 — up 21% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mudgee Health Service, about 99 km away, at 337 days. Here, 64.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubbo Hospital | 395 days | 64.3% | 70 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 26.6% | 1713 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.
Mudgee Health Service, NSW · about 99 km away: 337 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 128 km away: 342 days
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 157 km away: 264 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 256 km away: 362 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 258 km away: 291 days
Kurri Kurri Hospital, NSW · about 274 km away: 242 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 281 km away: 218 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 281 km away: 318 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.
How the wait has changed
- Dubbo Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Dubbo Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 327 | 320 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | 320 | 327 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | 331 | 324 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | 341 | 322 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | 319 | 317 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | 335 | 322 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 314 | 328 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | 344 | 328 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 353 | 332 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 420 | 351 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 388 | 363 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 419 | 398 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 407 | 349 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 395 | 340 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Dubbo Hospital · Deviated septum surgery across Australia · Deviated septum surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales