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Deviated septum surgery at Mater Adult Hospital

Mater Adult Hospital is a public hospital in the Highgate Hill area, Queensland. This page shows its waiting times for Deviated septum surgery in 2024–25, beside the figures for Queensland and for Australia.

The source publishes this surgery as "Septoplasty".

Figures for this hospital

Each tile shows one figure for Deviated septum surgery at Mater Adult Hospital.

A rank compares this hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.

Median wait, Mater Adult Hospital
343 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Rank65th of 103 nationally

Change on the year before+27 days

Waiting more than 365 days, Mater Adult Hospital
38.3%2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Rank31st of 47 nationally

Patients treated, Mater Adult Hospital
81 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Compared with the state and Australia

The state and national rows cover every public hospital that reported Deviated septum surgery. They are never ranked.

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Deviated septum surgery: Mater Adult Hospital, Queensland and Australia2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Who the figures coverMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
Mater Adult Hospital343 days38.3%81 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)317 days18.9%801 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)320 days30.8%5,687 surgeries

Shorter waits nearby

Mater Adult Hospital has 8 public hospitals on its list of nearby public hospitals. The open hospitals below come from that list, nearest first, and each published a shorter median wait for Deviated septum surgery than Mater Adult Hospital did. Each distance is measured in a straight line.

  1. Queensland Children's Hospitalless than 1 kilometre away289 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
  2. Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service4 kilometres away337 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026

How this hospital's wait has changed

The median wait for Deviated septum surgery at Mater Adult Hospital has risen from 70 days in 2012–13 to 343 days in 2024–25. The earlier figure is from 2012–13, released 19 August 2026, and the latest is from 2024–25, released 19 August 2026.

Each chart shows the median wait for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.

Deviated septum surgery: median wait by financial year, Mater Adult Hospital2012–13 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
01002003004002015–162018–192021–222024–25
  • Mater Adult Hospital
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Deviated septum surgery: median wait by financial year, Mater Adult Hospital2012–13 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearMater Adult Hospital
2012–1370 days
2013–14203 days
2015–16106 days
2016–17160 days
2017–18314 days
2018–19282 days
2019–20314 days
2020–21202 days
2021–22323 days
2022–23391 days
2023–24316 days
2024–25343 days
Deviated septum surgery: median wait by financial year, Queensland and Australia2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
01002003004002012–132015–162018–192021–222024–25
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  • Australia
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Deviated septum surgery: median wait by financial year, Queensland and Australia2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearQueenslandAustralia
2011–1260 days160 days
2012–1376 days197 days
2013–1487 days221 days
2014–1584 days214 days
2015–1697 days209 days
2016–17173 days209 days
2017–18302 days248 days
2018–19319 days241 days
2019–20314 days277 days
2020–21318 days330 days
2021–22309 days315 days
2022–23342 days365 days
2023–24282 days332 days
2024–25317 days320 days

All planned surgery at Mater Adult Hospital

Deviated septum surgery at every public hospital in Australia

Deviated septum surgery in Queensland

What this page leaves out

Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.

Before you use these figures

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Where this data comes from

  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and intended procedure, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-procedure/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/