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title: "Deviated septum surgery near Penrith"
description: "Public hospitals in or near Penrith ranked by median wait for deviated septum surgery, 2024–25. Shortest wait: 291 days."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/near/penrith/"
---

# Deviated septum surgery near Penrith

Near Penrith, [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/septoplasty/) had the shortest median wait for deviated septum surgery in 2024–25: **291 days** (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

2 public hospitals are ranked here by the median wait the source published for deviated septum surgery, shortest first, and by nothing else. Every hospital listed is within 120 km of every other. The source publishes this surgery as "Septoplasty".

## Hospitals in or near Penrith

Septoplasty at public hospitals in or near Penrith, 2024–25, by median wait. Hospitals with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/septoplasty/) | 291 days | 9.2% | Penrith, NSW. In this area. |
| 2 | [Hawkesbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hawkesbury-hospital/septoplasty/) | 362 days | not published | Windsor, NSW. In this area. |

This area covers Hawkesbury Hospital, Nepean Hospital and Springwood Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Nepean Blue Mountains" within 25 km of Nepean Hospital. 2 other hospitals of the network are farther away and not part of this area. A shorter median does not mean a hospital will see you sooner: your urgency category and your specialist decide that.

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> Near Penrith, Nepean Hospital had the shortest median wait for deviated septum surgery in 2024–25: 291 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Deviated septum surgery near Penrith: hospital waits", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/near/penrith/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/near/penrith/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/near/penrith/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

## What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

See [every New South Wales hospital for deviated septum surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/nsw/), or every hospital in [Nepean Blue Mountains](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/nepean-blue-mountains/).

## Before you use these figures

Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you.

**In an emergency call 000.**

Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations.

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