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Deviated septum surgery at The Canberra Hospital

The Canberra Hospital is a public hospital in the Garran area, Australian Capital Territory. This page shows its waiting times for Deviated septum surgery in 2024–25, beside the figures for Australian Capital Territory and for Australia.

The source publishes this surgery as "Septoplasty".

Figures for this hospital

Each tile shows one figure for Deviated septum surgery at The Canberra 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, The Canberra Hospital
481 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Rank96th of 103 nationally

Change on the year before+89 days

Waiting more than 365 days, The Canberra Hospital
not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, The Canberra Hospital
44 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: The Canberra Hospital, Australian Capital Territory and Australia2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Who the figures coverMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
The Canberra Hospital481 daysnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure44 surgeries
Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals)not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure99 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)320 days30.8%5,687 surgeries

Shorter waits nearby

The Canberra 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 The Canberra Hospital did. Each distance is measured in a straight line.

  1. North Canberra Hospital10 kilometres away317 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026

How this hospital's wait has changed

The median wait for Deviated septum surgery at The Canberra Hospital has risen from 312 days in 2016–17 to 481 days in 2024–25. The earlier figure is from 2016–17, 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, The Canberra Hospital2016–17 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
02004006002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25
  • The Canberra Hospital
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Deviated septum surgery: median wait by financial year, The Canberra Hospital2016–17 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearThe Canberra Hospital
2016–17312 days
2017–18361 days
2018–1931 days
2019–20468 days
2020–21476 days
2021–22284 days
2022–23408 days
2023–24392 days
2024–25481 days
Deviated septum surgery: median wait by financial year, Australian Capital Territory2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
02004006002011–122014–152018–192021–222024–25
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • No figure published for this year. The table gives the reason.
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Deviated septum surgery: median wait by financial year, Australian Capital Territory2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearAustralian Capital Territory
2011–12323 days
2012–13not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2013–14380 days
2014–15not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2016–17360 days
2017–18412 days
2018–1949 days
2019–20416 days
2020–21371 days
2021–22not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2022–23not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2023–24not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2024–25not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
Deviated septum surgery: median wait by financial year, Australia2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
01002003004002012–132015–162018–192021–222024–25
  • Australia
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Deviated septum surgery: median wait by financial year, Australia2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearAustralia
2011–12160 days
2012–13197 days
2013–14221 days
2014–15214 days
2015–16209 days
2016–17209 days
2017–18248 days
2018–19241 days
2019–20277 days
2020–21330 days
2021–22315 days
2022–23365 days
2023–24332 days
2024–25320 days

All planned surgery at The Canberra Hospital

Deviated septum surgery at every public hospital in Australia

Deviated septum surgery in Australian Capital Territory

What this page leaves out

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

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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/