Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]
Half of patients at Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] waited 446 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 Traralgon area of Victoria.
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
- 446 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 15 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 94 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 160 days in 2011–12 to 446 days in 2024–25 — up 179% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul], about 48 km away, at 139 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] | 446 days | not published | 15 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 279 days | 41.1% | 1841 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.
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul], VIC · about 48 km away: 139 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 100 km away: 153 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 117 km away: 244 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 118 km away: 258 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 119 km away: 208 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 123 km away: 690 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 127 km away: 910 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 128 km away: 218 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 160 | 101 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | 91 | 129 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | 49 | 138 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | 108 | 131 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | 172 | 123 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | 100 | 89 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 78 | 112 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | 105 | 125 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 138 | 137 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 211 | 264 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 116 | 196 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 449 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 377 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 446 | 279 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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