Varicose veins treatment waiting time at Nepean Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Varicose veins treatment at this public hospital, 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: 319 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 37 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 53 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Varicose veins treatment, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Nepean Hospital	319 days	not published	37 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

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

Mount Druitt HospitalNSW · about 11 km away346 days
Blacktown HospitalNSW · about 19 km away349 days
Fairfield HospitalNSW · about 21 km away320 days
Auburn HospitalNSW · about 32 km away306 days
Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 34 km away74 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 36 km away261 days
Blue Mountains HospitalNSW · about 37 km away282 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai HospitalNSW · about 38 km away240 days

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

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	Nepean Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	14	100	103
2012–13	24	97	96
2013–14	87	122	97
2014–15	49	142	105
2015–16	34	135	104
2016–17	23	121	90
2017–18	69	127	101
2018–19	179	163	108
2019–20	236	169	129
2020–21	249	262	223
2021–22	366	267	208
2022–23	734	290	216
2023–24	413	241	189
2024–25	319	255	133

What is not here

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

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