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Deviated septum surgery waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for deviated septum surgery in Queensland public hospitals was 317 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 320 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Septoplasty".

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

15 public hospitals in Queensland reported deviated septum surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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.

2 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 320 days marks the national median.

Septoplasty in Queensland public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Ipswich Hospital 178 days not published 34 surgeries
2 Cairns Hospital 186 days 1.9% 52 surgeries
3 Nambour General Hospital 229 days not published 38 surgeries
4 Redcliffe Hospital 252 days not published 11 surgeries
5 Sunshine Coast University Hospital 258 days 14.2% 106 surgeries
6 Queensland Children's Hospital 289 days not published 32 surgeries
7 Toowoomba Hospital 333 days 19.3% 57 surgeries
8 Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service 337 days 6.8% 103 surgeries
9 Gold Coast University Hospital 342 days 3.8% 133 surgeries
10 Mater Adult Hospital 343 days 38.3% 81 surgeries
11 Logan Hospital 350 days 32.1% 53 surgeries
12 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital 395 days not published 24 surgeries
13 Townsville University Hospital 426 days 65.5% 58 surgeries
unranked Gympie Hospital not published not published 11 surgeries
unranked Princess Alexandra Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries

Ranked by area in Queensland: near Herston · near the Sunshine Coast.

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The median wait for deviated septum surgery in Queensland public hospitals was 317 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Deviated septum surgery waiting times in Queensland", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/qld/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/qld/), 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.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Queensland.