Septoplasty waiting time at Blackburn Public Surgical Centre

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Septoplasty at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

Median wait: 690 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 94 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 78.7%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

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 101 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Septoplasty, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre	690 days	78.7%	94 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.

Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 4 km away910 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 10 km away208 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 12 km away534 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 13 km away218 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 13 km away557 days
The AlfredVIC · about 15 km away100 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 16 km away66 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 16 km away170 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Septoplasty, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Blackburn Public Surgical Centre (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	101	160
2012–13	not reported for this period	129	197
2013–14	not reported for this period	138	221
2014–15	not reported for this period	131	214
2015–16	not reported for this period	123	209
2016–17	not reported for this period	89	209
2017–18	not reported for this period	112	248
2018–19	not reported for this period	125	241
2019–20	not reported for this period	137	277
2020–21	not reported for this period	264	330
2021–22	not reported for this period	196	315
2022–23	not reported for this period	449	365
2023–24	not reported for this period	377	332
2024–25	690	279	320

What is not here

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

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