Varicose vein surgery waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
Half of patients at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] waited 64 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 Ballarat Central 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
- 64 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 37 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 7 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 73 days in 2011–12 to 64 days in 2024–25 — down 12% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 133 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 109 km away, at 17 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] | 64 days | not published | 37 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.
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 80 km away: 176 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 101 km away: 92 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 103 km away: 111 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 103 km away: 93 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 103 km away: 76 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 105 km away: 64 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 108 km away: 69 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 109 km away: 17 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 73 | 112 | 103 |
| 2012–13 | 57 | 144 | 96 |
| 2013–14 | 69 | 126 | 97 |
| 2014–15 | 28 | 112 | 105 |
| 2015–16 | 32 | 121 | 104 |
| 2016–17 | 78 | 76 | 90 |
| 2017–18 | 71 | 83 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | 76 | 82 | 108 |
| 2019–20 | 68 | 92 | 129 |
| 2020–21 | 96 | 238 | 223 |
| 2021–22 | 48 | 235 | 208 |
| 2022–23 | 99 | 168 | 216 |
| 2023–24 | 58 | 148 | 189 |
| 2024–25 | 64 | 80 | 133 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] · Varicose vein surgery across Australia · Varicose vein surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria