Varicose vein surgery waiting time at Royal Hobart 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 Hobart area of Tasmania, 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
- 298 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 34 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 50 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 88 days in 2011–12 to 298 days in 2024–25 — up 239% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 133 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], about 523 km away, at 200 days.
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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Hobart Hospital | 298 days | not published | 34 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 43 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
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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
- Royal Hobart Hospital
- TAS
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Hobart Hospital (days) | TAS (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 88 | not published | 103 |
| 2012–13 | 108 | not published | 96 |
| 2013–14 | 50 | not published | 97 |
| 2014–15 | not published | not published | 105 |
| 2015–16 | 132 | not published | 104 |
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 90 |
| 2017–18 | 259 | not published | 101 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 108 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 129 |
| 2020–21 | 945 | not published | 223 |
| 2021–22 | 1085 | not published | 208 |
| 2022–23 | 209 | not published | 216 |
| 2023–24 | 309 | not published | 189 |
| 2024–25 | 298 | not published | 133 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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