Varicose vein surgery waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]
The median wait for varicose vein surgery — published by the source as "Varicose veins treatment" — at this public hospital in the Fitzroy area of Victoria was 111 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
- 111 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 52 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 25.0%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 20 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 181 days in 2013–14 to 111 days in 2024–25 — down 39% — while the national median rose from 97 days to 133 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's On the Park, about 1 km away, at 76 days. Here, 25.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 9.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | 111 days | 25.0% | 52 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
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 112 | 103 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 144 | 96 |
| 2013–14 | 181 | 126 | 97 |
| 2014–15 | 188 | 112 | 105 |
| 2015–16 | 163 | 121 | 104 |
| 2016–17 | 82 | 76 | 90 |
| 2017–18 | 132 | 83 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | 121 | 82 | 108 |
| 2019–20 | 132 | 92 | 129 |
| 2020–21 | 240 | 238 | 223 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 235 | 208 |
| 2022–23 | 385 | 168 | 216 |
| 2023–24 | 114 | 148 | 189 |
| 2024–25 | 111 | 80 | 133 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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