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Septoplasty waiting time at Port Lincoln 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
8 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
13 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 1 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
Port Lincoln Health Service8 daysnot published13 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)300 days23.5%584 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)320 days30.8%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.

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

Median wait for Septoplasty by financial year at Port Lincoln Health Service, compared with South Australia and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Port Lincoln Health Service 8SA 300Australia 320
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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 periodPort Lincoln Health Service (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not published133160
2012–13not published100197
2013–14not published138221
2014–15not published170214
2015–16not published273209
2016–17not published276209
2017–1824198248
2018–1930273241
2019–2026281277
2020–2119324330
2021–2216290315
2022–2316325365
2023–2415273332
2024–258300320

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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