Varicose vein surgery waiting time at John Hunter Hospital
Half of patients at John Hunter Hospital waited 253 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 Rankin Park area of New South Wales.
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
- 253 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 43 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 70 days in 2011–12 to 253 days in 2024–25 — up 261% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 133 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wyong Hospital, about 43 km away, at 102 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hunter Hospital | 253 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 255 days | 9.4% | 1099 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.
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 43 km away: 102 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 64 km away: 20 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 101 km away: 301 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 102 km away: 240 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 261 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 117 km away: 118 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 119 km away: 349 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 121 km away: 306 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- John Hunter Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | John Hunter Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 70 | 100 | 103 |
| 2012–13 | 56 | 97 | 96 |
| 2013–14 | 38 | 122 | 97 |
| 2014–15 | 61 | 142 | 105 |
| 2015–16 | 66 | 135 | 104 |
| 2016–17 | 76 | 121 | 90 |
| 2017–18 | 72 | 127 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | 102 | 163 | 108 |
| 2019–20 | 170 | 169 | 129 |
| 2020–21 | 187 | 262 | 223 |
| 2021–22 | 123 | 267 | 208 |
| 2022–23 | 320 | 290 | 216 |
| 2023–24 | 369 | 241 | 189 |
| 2024–25 | 253 | 255 | 133 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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