Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at Joondalup Health Campus (Public)

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Joondalup area of Western Australia was 155 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
155 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
58 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%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 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 379 days in 2011–12 to 155 days in 2024–25 — down 59% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St John of God Midland Public Hospital, about 28 km away, at 64 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 30.8%.

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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
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)155 days0.0%58 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)211 days25.2%421 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 Joondalup Health Campus (Public), compared with Western Australia and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Joondalup Health Campus (Public) 155WA 211Australia 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 periodJoondalup Health Campus (Public) (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2011–1237999160
2012–13374124197
2013–14311139221
2014–15297183214
2015–16310173209
2016–17267161209
2017–18236198248
2018–19323205241
2019–20341224277
2020–21291308330
2021–22271216315
2022–23225288365
2023–24150238332
2024–25155211320

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

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