Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Gosford Hospital
Half of patients at Gosford Hospital waited 372 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 Gosford 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
- 372 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 135 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 57.0%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 83 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 354 days in 2011–12 to 372 days in 2024–25 — up 5% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, about 38 km away, at 319 days. Here, 57.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gosford Hospital | 372 days | 57.0% | 135 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.
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 38 km away: 319 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 47 km away: 340 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 48 km away: 306 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 52 km away: 277 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 52 km away: 182 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 52 km away: 367 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 53 km away: 362 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 53 km away: 318 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Gosford Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Gosford Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 354 | 320 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | 352 | 327 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | 352 | 324 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | 356 | 322 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | 352 | 317 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | 352 | 322 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 351 | 328 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | 347 | 328 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 340 | 332 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 414 | 351 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 405 | 363 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 492 | 398 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 311 | 349 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 372 | 340 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Gosford Hospital · Deviated septum surgery across Australia · Deviated septum surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales