Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at Noarlunga Hospital

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Noarlunga Centre area of South Australia was 312 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
312 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
73 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
13.7%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 51 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 59 days in 2011–12 to 312 days in 2024–25 — up 429% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Adelaide Hospital, about 26 km away, at 259 days. Here, 13.7% 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
Noarlunga Hospital312 days13.7%73 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)300 days23.5%584 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 Noarlunga Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Noarlunga Hospital 312SA 300Australia 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 periodNoarlunga Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2011–1259133160
2012–1347100197
2013–1444138221
2014–1595170214
2015–16not published273209
2016–1765276209
2017–1895198248
2018–19306273241
2019–20290281277
2020–21348324330
2021–22300290315
2022–23334325365
2023–24322273332
2024–25312300320

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

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