Surgery Waits

Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Sutherland Hospital

Half of patients at Sutherland Hospital waited 368 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 Caringbah 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
368 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
54 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
51.9%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 81 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 335 days in 2011–12 to 368 days in 2024–25 — up 10% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St George Hospital NSW, about 8 km away, at 181 days. Here, 51.9% 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
Sutherland Hospital368 days51.9%54 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 Sutherland Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Sutherland Hospital 368NSW 340Australia 320
View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Septoplasty, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSutherland Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12335320160
2012–13322327197
2013–14329324221
2014–15356322214
2015–16358317209
2016–17290322209
2017–18340328248
2018–19334328241
2019–20366332277
2020–21444351330
2021–22290363315
2022–23388398365
2023–24373349332
2024–25368340320

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

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