Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Royal North Shore Hospital
Half of patients at Royal North Shore Hospital waited 340 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 St Leonards area of New South Wales.
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
- 340 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 64 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 21.9%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 62 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 331 days in 2011–12 to 340 days in 2024–25 — up 3% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], about 7 km away, at 182 days. Here, 21.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 30.8%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal North Shore Hospital | 340 days | 21.9% | 64 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 26.6% | 1713 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.
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 7 km away: 182 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 8 km away: 74 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 277 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 306 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 361 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 353 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 330 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 319 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal North Shore Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal North Shore Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 331 | 320 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | 369 | 327 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | 316 | 324 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | 329 | 322 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | 315 | 317 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | 341 | 322 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 362 | 328 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | 334 | 328 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 342 | 332 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 343 | 351 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 400 | 363 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 461 | 398 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 374 | 349 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 340 | 340 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal North Shore Hospital · Deviated septum surgery across Australia · Deviated septum surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales