Varicose vein surgery waiting time at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service
Median wait, long waits and volumes for varicose vein surgery — published by the source as “Varicose veins treatment” — at this public hospital in the Fremantle area of Western Australia, 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
- 96 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 103 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 8.7%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 18 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 311 days in 2018–19 to 96 days in 2024–25 — down 69% — while the national median rose from 108 days to 133 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, about 27 km away, at 78 days. Here, 8.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 9.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fremantle Hospital and Health Service | 96 days | 8.7% | 103 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 106 days | 8.0% | 373 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
- Fremantle Hospital and Health Service
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Fremantle Hospital and Health Service (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 66 | 103 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 70 | 96 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 83 | 97 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 73 | 105 |
| 2015–16 | not published | 61 | 104 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 48 | 90 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 51 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | 311 | 109 | 108 |
| 2019–20 | 168 | 107 | 129 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 170 | 223 |
| 2021–22 | 151 | 114 | 208 |
| 2022–23 | 220 | 129 | 216 |
| 2023–24 | 225 | 158 | 189 |
| 2024–25 | 96 | 106 | 133 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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