Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Lismore Base Hospital
Half of patients at Lismore Base Hospital waited 462 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 Lismore 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
- 462 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 95 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 365 days in 2011–12 to 462 days in 2024–25 — up 27% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Murwillumbah District Hospital, about 55 km away, at 179 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lismore Base Hospital | 462 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 26.6% | 1713 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 317 days | 18.9% | 801 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.
Murwillumbah District Hospital, NSW · about 55 km away: 179 days
Tweed Valley Hospital, NSW · about 75 km away: 363 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 95 km away: 342 days
Logan Hospital, QLD · about 127 km away: 350 days
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 142 km away: 178 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 149 km away: 343 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 150 km away: 289 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 153 km away: 337 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Lismore Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Lismore Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 365 | 320 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | 291 | 327 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | 350 | 324 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | 208 | 322 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | 159 | 317 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | 170 | 322 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 141 | 328 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 328 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 92 | 332 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 351 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 424 | 363 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 479 | 398 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 485 | 349 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 462 | 340 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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