Deviated septum surgery waiting time at The Canberra Hospital
Half of patients at The Canberra Hospital waited 481 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 Garran area of Australian Capital Territory.
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
- 481 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 44 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 96 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 312 days in 2016–17 to 481 days in 2024–25 — up 54% — while the national median rose from 209 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is North Canberra Hospital, about 10 km away, at 317 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Canberra Hospital | 481 days | not published | 44 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 99 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 26.6% | 1713 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.
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 10 km away: 317 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 160 km away: 366 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 192 km away: 348 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 210 km away: 349 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 219 km away: 814 days
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 220 km away: 264 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 226 km away: 342 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 230 km away: 291 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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
- The Canberra Hospital
- ACT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Canberra Hospital (days) | ACT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 323 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | not published | 197 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 380 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | not published | 214 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 209 |
| 2016–17 | 312 | 360 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 361 | 412 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | 31 | 49 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 468 | 416 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 476 | 371 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 284 | not published | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 408 | not published | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 392 | not published | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 481 | not published | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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