Varicose vein surgery waiting time at Wauchope District Memorial Hospital
The median wait for varicose vein surgery — published by the source as "Varicose veins treatment" — at this public hospital in the Yippin Creek area of New South Wales was 128 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
- 128 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 47 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 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 107 days in 2011–12 to 128 days in 2024–25 — up 20% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 133 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wyong Hospital, about 232 km away, at 102 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wauchope District Memorial Hospital | 128 days | not published | 47 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 255 days | 9.4% | 1099 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
- Wauchope District Memorial Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wauchope District Memorial Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 107 | 100 | 103 |
| 2012–13 | 168 | 97 | 96 |
| 2013–14 | 108 | 122 | 97 |
| 2014–15 | 111 | 142 | 105 |
| 2015–16 | 177 | 135 | 104 |
| 2016–17 | 224 | 121 | 90 |
| 2017–18 | 179 | 127 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | 319 | 163 | 108 |
| 2019–20 | 271 | 169 | 129 |
| 2020–21 | 255 | 262 | 223 |
| 2021–22 | 252 | 267 | 208 |
| 2022–23 | 177 | 290 | 216 |
| 2023–24 | 140 | 241 | 189 |
| 2024–25 | 128 | 255 | 133 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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