Varicose vein surgery waiting time at Noarlunga Hospital
Half of patients at Noarlunga Hospital waited 342 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 Noarlunga Centre 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
- 342 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 45 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 58 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 386 days in 2018–19 to 342 days in 2024–25 — down 11% — while the national median rose from 108 days to 133 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 15 km away, at 230 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noarlunga Hospital | 342 days | not published | 45 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.
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 15 km away: 230 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 71 km away: 15 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool], VIC · about 505 km away: 223 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 549 km away: 64 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 621 km away: 176 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 646 km away: 93 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 648 km away: 92 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 650 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
- Noarlunga Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Noarlunga Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 119 | 103 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 88 | 96 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 60 | 97 |
| 2014–15 | not published | 77 | 105 |
| 2015–16 | not published | 80 | 104 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 80 | 90 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 168 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | 386 | 205 | 108 |
| 2019–20 | 135 | 119 | 129 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 155 | 223 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 243 | 208 |
| 2022–23 | 415 | 249 | 216 |
| 2023–24 | 396 | not published | 189 |
| 2024–25 | 342 | 206 | 133 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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