Varicose vein surgery waiting time at Ballina District Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for varicose vein surgery — published by the source as “Varicose veins treatment” — at this public hospital in the South Ballina area of New South Wales, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 154 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 67 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

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 30 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 77 days in 2011–12 to 154 days in 2024–25 — up 100% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 133 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Lismore Base Hospital, about 27 km away, at 139 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 9.5%.

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.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Varicose veins treatment, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Ballina District Hospital	154 days	0.0%	67 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	255 days	9.4%	1099 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	189 days	4.6%	474 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	133 days	9.5%	3346 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

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

Lismore Base HospitalNSW · about 27 km away139 days
Gold Coast University HospitalQLD · about 102 km away324 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 160 km away147 days
Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 162 km away267 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 166 km away261 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's HospitalQLD · about 166 km away119 days
Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 168 km away462 days
The Prince Charles HospitalQLD · about 172 km away170 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Varicose veins treatment, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Ballina District Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	77	100	103
2012–13	76	97	96
2013–14	122	122	97
2014–15	139	142	105
2015–16	175	135	104
2016–17	194	121	90
2017–18	228	127	101
2018–19	242	163	108
2019–20	248	169	129
2020–21	251	262	223
2021–22	224	267	208
2022–23	185	290	216
2023–24	114	241	189
2024–25	154	255	133

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Ballina District Hospital · Varicose vein surgery across Australia · Varicose vein surgery in New South Wales