Varicose vein surgery waiting time at Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for varicose vein surgery — published by the source as “Varicose veins treatment” — at this public hospital in the Traralgon area of Victoria, 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: 200 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 78 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 35.9%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 38 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 62 days in 2011–12 to 200 days in 2024–25 — up 223% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 133 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Dandenong Hospital, about 113 km away, at 124 days. Here, 35.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 9.5%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Varicose veins treatment, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]	200 days	35.9%	78 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

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

Dandenong HospitalVIC · about 113 km away124 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 117 km away76 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 118 km away116 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 119 km away34 days
Blackburn Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 123 km away185 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 134 km away17 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 135 km away69 days
The AlfredVIC · about 137 km away64 days

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

How the wait has changed

Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]
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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	Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	62	112	103
2012–13	137	144	96
2013–14	184	126	97
2014–15	123	112	105
2015–16	128	121	104
2016–17	67	76	90
2017–18	45	83	101
2018–19	49	82	108
2019–20	55	92	129
2020–21	58	238	223
2021–22	24	235	208
2022–23	339	168	216
2023–24	267	148	189
2024–25	200	80	133

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

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