Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
Half of patients at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital waited 319 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 Waitara 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
- 319 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 43 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 54 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 193 days in 2011–12 to 319 days in 2024–25 — up 65% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ryde Hospital, about 11 km away, at 306 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital | 319 days | not published | 43 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.
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 11 km away: 306 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 340 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 277 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 16 km away: 318 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 218 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 330 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 74 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 22 km away: 182 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 193 | 320 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | 197 | 327 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | 320 | 324 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | 294 | 322 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | 298 | 317 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | 300 | 322 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 302 | 328 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | 296 | 328 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 300 | 332 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 345 | 351 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 363 | 363 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 402 | 398 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 332 | 349 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 319 | 340 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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