Varicose veins treatment waiting time at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]

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: 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.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Varicose veins treatment, 2024–25.
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

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

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 151 km away64 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 167 km away176 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 227 km away92 days
The AlfredVIC · about 227 km away64 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 228 km away111 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 228 km away76 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 233 km away116 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 234 km away76 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	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

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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