Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Fiona Stanley Hospital
Half of patients at Fiona Stanley Hospital waited 440 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 Murdoch area of Western Australia.
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
- 440 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 92 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 99 days in 2014–15 to 440 days in 2024–25 — up 344% — while the national median rose from 214 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bentley Health Service, about 10 km away, at 368 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiona Stanley Hospital | 440 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 211 days | 25.2% | 421 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.
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 10 km away: 368 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 12 km away: 344 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 13 km away: 335 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 18 km away: 329 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 21 km away: 201 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 25 km away: 64 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 26 km away: 171 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 38 km away: 155 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Fiona Stanley Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Fiona Stanley Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 99 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 124 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 139 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | 99 | 183 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | 365 | 173 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 161 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 369 | 198 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 205 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 214 | 224 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 326 | 308 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 216 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 511 | 288 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 463 | 238 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 440 | 211 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Fiona Stanley Hospital · Deviated septum surgery across Australia · Deviated septum surgery in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia