Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at Frankston Public Surgical Centre

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Frankston area of Victoria was 244 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
244 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
25 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 38 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 978 days in 2022–23 to 244 days in 2024–25 — down 75% — while the national median fell from 365 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Casey Hospital, about 22 km away, at 153 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Septoplasty, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Frankston Public Surgical Centre244 daysnot published25 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)279 days41.1%1841 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 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for septoplasty by financial year at Frankston Public Surgical Centre, compared with Victoria and Australiadays025050075010002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Frankston Public Surgical Centre 244VIC 279Australia 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 periodFrankston Public Surgical Centre (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not reported for this period101160
2012–13not reported for this period129197
2013–14not reported for this period138221
2014–15not reported for this period131214
2015–16not reported for this period123209
2016–17not reported for this period89209
2017–18not reported for this period112248
2018–19not reported for this period125241
2019–20not reported for this period137277
2020–21not reported for this period264330
2021–22not reported for this period196315
2022–23978449365
2023–24681377332
2024–25244279320

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

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