Surgery Waits

Septoplasty waiting time at Royal North Shore Hospital

The median wait for septoplasty at this public hospital in the St Leonards area of New South Wales was 340 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
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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Septoplasty, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal North Shore Hospital340 days21.9%64 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)340 days26.6%1713 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)320 days30.8%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for septoplasty by financial year at Royal North Shore Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Royal North Shore Hospital 340NSW 340Australia 320
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Septoplasty, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal North Shore Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12331320160
2012–13369327197
2013–14316324221
2014–15329322214
2015–16315317209
2016–17341322209
2017–18362328248
2018–19334328241
2019–20342332277
2020–21343351330
2021–22400363315
2022–23461398365
2023–24374349332
2024–25340340320

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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