Varicose vein surgery waiting time at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]
Median wait, long waits and volumes for varicose vein surgery — published by the source as “Varicose veins treatment” — at this public hospital in the Warrnambool 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
- 223 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 39 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 184 days in 2016–17 to 223 days in 2024–25 — up 21% — while the national median rose from 90 days to 133 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 151 km away, at 64 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] | 223 days | not published | 12 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 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 112 | 103 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 144 | 96 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 126 | 97 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 112 | 105 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 121 | 104 |
| 2016–17 | 184 | 76 | 90 |
| 2017–18 | 72 | 83 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | 113 | 82 | 108 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 92 | 129 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 238 | 223 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 235 | 208 |
| 2022–23 | 223 | 168 | 216 |
| 2023–24 | 80 | 148 | 189 |
| 2024–25 | 223 | 80 | 133 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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