Septoplasty waiting time at Gawler Health Service

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: 364 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 25 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 77 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
Gawler Health Service	364 days	not published	25 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.

Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 19 km away391 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 27 km away351 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 38 km away217 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 39 km away259 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 51 km away329 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 55 km away231 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 65 km away312 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 76 km away237 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	Gawler Health Service (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	327	133	160
2012–13	313	100	197
2013–14	320	138	221
2014–15	291	170	214
2015–16	297	273	209
2016–17	305	276	209
2017–18	325	198	248
2018–19	322	273	241
2019–20	336	281	277
2020–21	340	324	330
2021–22	337	290	315
2022–23	352	325	365
2023–24	370	273	332
2024–25	364	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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