Septoplasty waiting time at Flinders Medical 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: 329 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 106 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 10.4%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 55 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
Flinders Medical Centre	329 days	10.4%	106 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	300 days	23.5%	584 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.

Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 11 km away259 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 15 km away312 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 16 km away217 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 24 km away351 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 28 km away231 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 32 km away391 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 51 km away364 days
South Coast District HospitalSA · about 60 km away90 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	Flinders Medical Centre (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	204	133	160
2012–13	149	100	197
2013–14	148	138	221
2014–15	101	170	214
2015–16	248	273	209
2016–17	343	276	209
2017–18	306	198	248
2018–19	370	273	241
2019–20	293	281	277
2020–21	344	324	330
2021–22	357	290	315
2022–23	351	325	365
2023–24	327	273	332
2024–25	329	300	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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