Surgery Waits

Varicose vein surgery waiting time at Fairfield Hospital

The median wait for varicose vein surgery — published by the source as "Varicose veins treatment" — at this public hospital in the Prairiewood area of New South Wales was 320 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
320 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
36 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 54 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 277 days in 2011–12 to 320 days in 2024–25 — up 16% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 133 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Auburn Hospital, about 12 km away, at 306 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
Fairfield Hospital320 daysnot published36 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 Fairfield Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Fairfield Hospital 320NSW 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 periodFairfield Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12277100103
2012–132149796
2013–1425712297
2014–15217142105
2015–16156135104
2016–1726412190
2017–18339127101
2018–19171163108
2019–20146169129
2020–21295262223
2021–22414267208
2022–23458290216
2023–24323241189
2024–25320255133

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

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