Deviated septum surgery waiting time at West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]
Half of patients at West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] waited 139 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 Warragul area of Victoria.
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
- 139 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 19 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 10 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 302 days in 2011–12 to 139 days in 2024–25 — down 54% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] | 139 days | not published | 19 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.
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], VIC · about 48 km away: 446 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 53 km away: 153 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 69 km away: 244 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 70 km away: 258 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 73 km away: 208 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 77 km away: 690 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 81 km away: 218 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 81 km away: 910 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 302 | 101 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | 510 | 129 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | 425 | 138 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | 452 | 131 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | 518 | 123 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | 219 | 89 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 95 | 112 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | 180 | 125 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 319 | 137 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 340 | 264 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 150 | 196 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 44 | 449 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 84 | 377 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 139 | 279 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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