Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
Half of patients at Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital waited 237 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 Murray Bridge area of South Australia.
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
- 237 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 16 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 36 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 276 days in 2020–21 to 237 days in 2024–25 — down 14% — while the national median fell from 330 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, about 38 km away, at 231 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital | 237 days | not published | 16 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 300 days | 23.5% | 584 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.
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 38 km away: 231 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 63 km away: 351 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 66 km away: 329 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 67 km away: 259 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 70 km away: 391 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 71 km away: 312 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 73 km away: 217 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 76 km away: 364 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 133 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 100 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 138 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 170 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 273 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 276 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 198 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 273 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 281 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 276 | 324 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 156 | 290 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 251 | 325 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 159 | 273 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 237 | 300 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital · Deviated septum surgery across Australia · Deviated septum surgery in South Australia · All surgery waits in South Australia