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title: "Deviated septum surgery near Randwick"
description: "Public hospitals in or near Randwick ranked by median wait for deviated septum surgery, 2024–25. Shortest wait: 74 days."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/near/randwick/"
---

# Deviated septum surgery near Randwick

Near Randwick, [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/septoplasty/), just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for deviated septum surgery in 2024–25: **74 days** (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

5 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. 2 hospitals sit just outside this area, within about 25 km of one of its hospitals, and are included because a referral can cross the line. 1 children's hospital nearby is left out, because it treats only children. The source publishes this surgery as "Septoplasty".

## Hospitals in or near Randwick

Septoplasty at public hospitals in or near Randwick, 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 | [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/septoplasty/) | 74 days | 0.0% | Camperdown, NSW. Outside this area, about 6 km from Prince of Wales Hospital. |
| 2 | [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/septoplasty/) | 181 days | not published | Kogarah, NSW. In this area. |
| 3 | [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/septoplasty/) | 182 days | not published | Darlinghurst, NSW. Outside this area, about 5 km from Prince of Wales Hospital. |
| 4 | [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/septoplasty/) | 361 days | 43.5% | Randwick, NSW. In this area. |
| 5 | [Sutherland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sutherland-hospital/septoplasty/) | 368 days | 51.9% | Caringbah, NSW. In this area. |

This area covers Prince of Wales Hospital, Royal Hospital for Women, St George Hospital NSW, Sutherland Hospital and Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "South Eastern Sydney". Distances are straight lines between hospital locations, rounded to the nearest kilometre; they are not travel distances. 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 Randwick, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for deviated septum surgery in 2024–25: 74 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Deviated septum surgery near Randwick: hospital waits", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/near/randwick/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/near/randwick/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/near/randwick/)), 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 [South Eastern Sydney](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/south-eastern-sydney/).

## 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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