Septoplasty waiting time at Dubbo Hospital

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: 395 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 70 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 64.3%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 85 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
Dubbo Hospital	395 days	64.3%	70 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	340 days	26.6%	1713 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.

Mudgee Health ServiceNSW · about 99 km away337 days
Orange Health ServiceNSW · about 128 km away342 days
Bathurst Base HospitalNSW · about 157 km away264 days
Hawkesbury HospitalNSW · about 256 km away362 days
Nepean HospitalNSW · about 258 km away291 days
Kurri Kurri HospitalNSW · about 274 km away242 days
Westmead HospitalNSW · about 281 km away218 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 281 km away318 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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	Dubbo Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	327	320	160
2012–13	320	327	197
2013–14	331	324	221
2014–15	341	322	214
2015–16	319	317	209
2016–17	335	322	209
2017–18	314	328	248
2018–19	344	328	241
2019–20	353	332	277
2020–21	420	351	330
2021–22	388	363	315
2022–23	419	398	365
2023–24	407	349	332
2024–25	395	340	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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