Varicose vein surgery waiting time at Frankston Public Surgical Centre
Half of patients at Frankston Public Surgical Centre waited 76 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 Frankston 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
- 76 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 114 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 7.0%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 11 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 747 days in 2023–24 to 76 days in 2024–25 — down 90% — while the national median fell from 189 days to 133 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], about 25 km away, at 34 days. Here, 7.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankston Public Surgical Centre | 76 days | 7.0% | 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.
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 1 km away: 116 days
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 21 km away: 124 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 25 km away: 34 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 36 km away: 185 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 37 km away: 64 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 41 km away: 76 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 41 km away: 111 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 42 km away: 92 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Frankston Public Surgical Centre
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Frankston Public Surgical Centre (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 112 | 103 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 144 | 96 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 126 | 97 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 112 | 105 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 121 | 104 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 76 | 90 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 83 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 82 | 108 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 92 | 129 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 238 | 223 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 235 | 208 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 168 | 216 |
| 2023–24 | 747 | 148 | 189 |
| 2024–25 | 76 | 80 | 133 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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