Septoplasty waiting time at Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services
The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the Port Augusta area of South Australia was 194 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
- 194 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services | 194 days | not published | 12 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
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 133 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 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 published | 273 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 281 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 324 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 290 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 325 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 273 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 194 | 300 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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