Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services
Half of patients at Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services waited 194 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 Port Augusta 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
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 320 days marks the national median.
Port Pirie Regional Health Service, SA · about 77 km away: 513 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 249 km away: 364 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 262 km away: 391 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 272 km away: 351 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 273 km away: 217 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 278 km away: 259 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 289 km away: 329 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 300 km away: 312 days
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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