Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Mudgee Health Service
Half of patients at Mudgee Health Service waited 337 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 Putta Bucca 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
- 337 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 17 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 60 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 265 days in 2020–21 to 337 days in 2024–25 — up 27% — while the national median fell from 330 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bathurst Base Hospital, about 89 km away, at 264 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mudgee Health Service | 337 days | not published | 17 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.
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 89 km away: 264 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 92 km away: 342 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 99 km away: 395 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 160 km away: 362 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 166 km away: 291 days
Kurri Kurri Hospital, NSW · about 177 km away: 242 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 187 km away: 218 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 187 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
- Mudgee Health Service
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Mudgee Health Service (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 320 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 327 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 324 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | not published | 322 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | not published | 317 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 322 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 328 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 328 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 332 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 265 | 351 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 161 | 363 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 193 | 398 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 347 | 349 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 337 | 340 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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