Deviated septum surgery waiting time at North Canberra Hospital
Half of patients at North Canberra Hospital waited 317 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 Bruce area of Australian Capital Territory.
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
- 317 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 55 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 41.8%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 52 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 585 days in 2023–24 to 317 days in 2024–25 — down 46% — while the national median fell from 332 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bathurst Base Hospital, about 210 km away, at 264 days. Here, 41.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 30.8%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Canberra Hospital | 317 days | 41.8% | 55 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 99 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 26.6% | 1713 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.
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 10 km away: 481 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 158 km away: 366 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 188 km away: 348 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 204 km away: 349 days
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 210 km away: 264 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 215 km away: 342 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 222 km away: 814 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 223 km away: 291 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
- North Canberra Hospital
- ACT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | North Canberra Hospital (days) | ACT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 323 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | not published | 197 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 380 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | not published | 214 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 209 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 360 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 412 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 49 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 416 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 371 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not published | 315 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not published | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 585 | not published | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 317 | not published | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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