Varicose vein surgery waiting time at Blackburn Public Surgical Centre
The median wait for varicose vein surgery — published by the source as "Varicose veins treatment" — at this public hospital in the Blackburn South area of Victoria was 185 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 185 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 36 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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 36 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], about 10 km away, at 34 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn Public Surgical Centre | 185 days | not published | 36 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 80 days | 9.0% | 1224 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 133 days | 9.5% | 3346 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Blackburn Public Surgical Centre
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Blackburn Public Surgical Centre (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 112 | 103 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 144 | 96 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 126 | 97 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 112 | 105 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 121 | 104 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 76 | 90 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 83 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 82 | 108 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 92 | 129 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 238 | 223 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 235 | 208 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 168 | 216 |
| 2023–24 | not reported for this period | 148 | 189 |
| 2024–25 | 185 | 80 | 133 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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