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Varicose vein surgery waiting time at St George Hospital NSW

Median wait, long waits and volumes for varicose vein surgery — published by the source as “Varicose veins treatment” — at this public hospital in the Kogarah 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
86 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
26 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 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 174 days in 2011–12 to 86 days in 2024–25 — down 51% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 133 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, about 11 km away, at 74 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
St George Hospital NSW86 daysnot published26 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 St George Hospital NSW, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01883755637502011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25St George Hospital NSW 86NSW 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 periodSt George Hospital NSW (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12174100103
2012–131959796
2013–1422712297
2014–15177142105
2015–16153135104
2016–1722912190
2017–18188127101
2018–19224163108
2019–20232169129
2020–21293262223
2021–22461267208
2022–23503290216
2023–24220241189
2024–2586255133

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

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