Varicose vein surgery waiting time at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]
Half of patients at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] waited 17 days or less for varicose vein surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Varicose veins treatment". This public hospital is in the Eaglemont area of Victoria.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 17 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 159 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.3%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
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 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 98 days in 2011–12 to 17 days in 2024–25 — down 83% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 133 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 1.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 9.5%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Varicose veins treatment" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] | 17 days | 1.3% | 159 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.
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 1 km away: 69 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 9 km away: 111 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 9 km away: 76 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 10 km away: 92 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 12 km away: 185 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 12 km away: 64 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 12 km away: 93 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 21 km away: 34 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 98 | 112 | 103 |
| 2012–13 | 157 | 144 | 96 |
| 2013–14 | 88 | 126 | 97 |
| 2014–15 | 152 | 112 | 105 |
| 2015–16 | 253 | 121 | 104 |
| 2016–17 | 151 | 76 | 90 |
| 2017–18 | 76 | 83 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | 161 | 82 | 108 |
| 2019–20 | 167 | 92 | 129 |
| 2020–21 | 422 | 238 | 223 |
| 2021–22 | 263 | 235 | 208 |
| 2022–23 | 153 | 168 | 216 |
| 2023–24 | 53 | 148 | 189 |
| 2024–25 | 17 | 80 | 133 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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