Surgery Waits

Varicose vein surgery waiting times in Australian public hospitals

The national median wait for varicose vein surgery in Australian public hospitals was 133 days in 2024–25 — from 14 days at St John of God Midland Public Hospital to 714 days at Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]. The source publishes this surgery as "Varicose veins treatment".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

Across Australia, the median wait for varicose vein surgery in public hospitals was 133 days in 2024–25, from 3346 surgeries. 9.5% of people waited more than 365 days. 64 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Varicose veins treatment" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 133 days marks the national median.

Varicose veins treatment in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank State or territory Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Victoria 80 days 9.0% 1224 surgeries
2 Western Australia 106 days 8.0% 373 surgeries
3 Queensland 189 days 4.6% 474 surgeries
4 South Australia 206 days 31.6% 114 surgeries
5 New South Wales 255 days 9.4% 1099 surgeries
unranked Northern Territory not published not published 19 surgeries
unranked Tasmania not published not published 43 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Median wait for varicose veins treatment by financial year, Australia and the states with the shortest mediansdays0631251882502011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Australia 133VIC 80WA 106QLD 189
  • Australia
  • VIC
  • WA
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Median wait in days for Varicose veins treatment, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAustralia (days)VIC (days)WA (days)QLD (days)
2011–121031126677
2012–13961447056
2013–14971268364
2014–151051127340
2015–161041216158
2016–1790764872
2017–18101835190
2018–1910882109109
2019–2012992107146
2020–21223238170101
2021–22208235114119
2022–23216168129219
2023–24189148158206
2024–2513380106189

Common questions

How long is the wait for varicose vein surgery in a public hospital?

The national median was 133 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 80 days in Victoria to 255 days in New South Wales.

Which public hospital has the shortest wait for varicose vein surgery?

Of the 64 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, St John of God Midland Public Hospital reported the shortest (14 days) and Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] the longest (714 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.

How many people waited more than a year?

9.5% of people who had varicose vein surgery in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.

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The national median wait for varicose vein surgery in Australian public hospitals was 133 days in 2024–25, from 14 days at St John of God Midland Public Hospital to 714 days at Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus].

Copy-ready citation

Surgery Waits, "Varicose vein surgery waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/varicose-vein-surgery/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/varicose-vein-surgery/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

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What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.