Varicose vein surgery waiting times in Victoria
Public hospitals in Victoria ranked by their median wait for varicose vein surgery, published by the source as “Varicose veins treatment”.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
27 public hospitals in Victoria reported varicose vein surgery in 2024–25. The state median was 80 days; the national median was 133 days.
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10 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.
| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] | 17 days | 1.3% | 159 surgeries |
| 2 | Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] | 34 days | 5.7% | 122 surgeries |
| 3 | Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] | 64 days | not published | 37 surgeries |
| 3 | The Alfred | 64 days | 0.0% | 105 surgeries |
| 5 | Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | 69 days | 1.5% | 67 surgeries |
| 6 | Frankston Public Surgical Centre | 76 days | 7.0% | 114 surgeries |
| 6 | St Vincent's On the Park | 76 days | 5.4% | 74 surgeries |
| 8 | Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 92 days | not published | 24 surgeries |
| 9 | The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 93 days | 0.0% | 154 surgeries |
| 10 | St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | 111 days | 25.0% | 52 surgeries |
| 11 | Frankston Hospital | 116 days | not published | 28 surgeries |
| 12 | Dandenong Hospital | 124 days | 10.0% | 70 surgeries |
| 13 | University Hospital Geelong | 176 days | not published | 48 surgeries |
| 14 | Blackburn Public Surgical Centre | 185 days | not published | 36 surgeries |
| 15 | Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] | 200 days | 35.9% | 78 surgeries |
| 16 | South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] | 223 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| 17 | Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] | 714 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| unranked | Box Hill Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Broadmeadows Health Service | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Northeast Health Wangaratta | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Sandringham Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | South West Healthcare [Camperdown] | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Sunshine Hospital | not published | not published | 8 surgeries |
| unranked | Werribee Mercy Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Western Hospital [Footscray] | not published | not published | not published |
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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