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Varicose vein surgery waiting time at Royal Prince Alfred 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 Camperdown 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
118 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
42 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 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 46 days in 2011–12 to 118 days in 2024–25 — up 157% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 133 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St George Hospital NSW, about 10 km away, at 86 days.

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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
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital118 daysnot published42 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)255 days9.4%1099 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)133 days9.5%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.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for varicose veins treatment by financial year at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0751502253002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 118NSW 255Australia 133
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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 periodRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–1246100103
2012–13359796
2013–149612297
2014–1580142105
2015–1692135104
2016–176912190
2017–1891127101
2018–1985163108
2019–20118169129
2020–2178262223
2021–2249267208
2022–2357290216
2023–24141241189
2024–25118255133

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

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