Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Royal Hobart Hospital
Half of patients at Royal Hobart Hospital waited 442 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 Hobart area of Tasmania.
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
- 442 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 99 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 54.5%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 93 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 215 days in 2011–12 to 442 days in 2024–25 — up 106% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Launceston General Hospital, about 160 km away, at 172 days. Here, 54.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Hobart Hospital | 442 days | 54.5% | 99 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | 271 days | 36.1% | 166 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.
Launceston General Hospital, TAS · about 160 km away: 172 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], VIC · about 523 km away: 446 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul], VIC · about 537 km away: 139 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 557 km away: 244 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 558 km away: 258 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 563 km away: 153 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 581 km away: 208 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 582 km away: 189 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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
- Royal Hobart Hospital
- TAS
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Hobart Hospital (days) | TAS (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 215 | 200 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | 291 | 272 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | 147 | not published | 221 |
| 2014–15 | 407 | not published | 214 |
| 2015–16 | 330 | 383 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | 246 | not published | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 329 | not published | 248 |
| 2018–19 | 334 | not published | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 387 | not published | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 431 | 371 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 336 | not published | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 346 | 229 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 318 | 230 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 442 | 271 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Hobart Hospital · Deviated septum surgery across Australia · Deviated septum surgery in Tasmania · All surgery waits in Tasmania