Septoplasty waiting time at Northeast Health Wangaratta

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: 543 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 24 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 99 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
Northeast Health Wangaratta	543 days	not published	24 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	340 days	26.6%	1713 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.

Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]VIC · about 56 km away814 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 81 km away191 days
Wagga Wagga HospitalNSW · about 167 km away366 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 185 km away102 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 192 km away534 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 192 km away557 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 194 km away910 days
Blackburn Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 194 km away690 days

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

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

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	Northeast Health Wangaratta (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	85	101	160
2012–13	144	129	197
2013–14	111	138	221
2014–15	132	131	214
2015–16	55	123	209
2016–17	88	89	209
2017–18	94	112	248
2018–19	59	125	241
2019–20	143	137	277
2020–21	113	264	330
2021–22	15	196	315
2022–23	200	449	365
2023–24	445	377	332
2024–25	543	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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