Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Geraldton Hospital
Half of patients at Geraldton Hospital waited 298 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 Beachlands 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
- 298 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 26 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 49 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 147 days in 2011–12 to 298 days in 2024–25 — up 103% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Joondalup Health Campus (Public), about 347 km away, at 155 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geraldton Hospital | 298 days | not published | 26 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.
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 347 km away: 155 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 364 km away: 201 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 371 km away: 64 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 373 km away: 344 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 373 km away: 335 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 380 km away: 368 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 384 km away: 440 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 396 km away: 329 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
- Geraldton Hospital
- WA
- Australia
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| Reference period | Geraldton Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 147 | 99 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 124 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | 98 | 139 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | 62 | 183 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | not published | 173 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 161 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 204 | 198 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | 158 | 205 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 198 | 224 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 373 | 308 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 437 | 216 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 462 | 288 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 489 | 238 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 298 | 211 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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