Varicose vein surgery waiting time at Flinders Medical Centre
Half of patients at Flinders Medical Centre waited 230 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 Bedford Park area of South Australia.
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
- 230 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 50 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 32.0%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 40 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 229 days in 2011–12 to 230 days in 2024–25 — up 0% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 133 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, about 66 km away, at 15 days. Here, 32.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flinders Medical Centre | 230 days | 32.0% | 50 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 206 days | 31.6% | 114 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.
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 15 km away: 342 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 66 km away: 15 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool], VIC · about 510 km away: 223 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 551 km away: 64 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 623 km away: 176 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 647 km away: 93 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 649 km away: 92 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 651 km away: 111 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Flinders Medical Centre
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Flinders Medical Centre (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 229 | 119 | 103 |
| 2012–13 | 55 | 88 | 96 |
| 2013–14 | 59 | 60 | 97 |
| 2014–15 | 111 | 77 | 105 |
| 2015–16 | 62 | 80 | 104 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 80 | 90 |
| 2017–18 | 352 | 168 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | 217 | 205 | 108 |
| 2019–20 | 136 | 119 | 129 |
| 2020–21 | 189 | 155 | 223 |
| 2021–22 | 338 | 243 | 208 |
| 2022–23 | 385 | 249 | 216 |
| 2023–24 | 418 | not published | 189 |
| 2024–25 | 230 | 206 | 133 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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