Septoplasty waiting time at Royal Prince Alfred 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: 74 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 84 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 6 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
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	74 days	0.0%	84 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.

St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]NSW · about 4 km away182 days
Prince of Wales HospitalNSW · about 6 km away361 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 8 km away340 days
Canterbury HospitalNSW · about 9 km away353 days
St George Hospital NSWNSW · about 10 km away181 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 10 km away277 days
Ryde HospitalNSW · about 14 km away306 days
Auburn HospitalNSW · about 14 km away330 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	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	233	320	160
2012–13	94	327	197
2013–14	261	324	221
2014–15	219	322	214
2015–16	99	317	209
2016–17	269	322	209
2017–18	278	328	248
2018–19	282	328	241
2019–20	283	332	277
2020–21	145	351	330
2021–22	324	363	315
2022–23	75	398	365
2023–24	15	349	332
2024–25	74	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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