Varicose vein surgery waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
Half of patients at Wagga Wagga Hospital waited 331 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 Turvey 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
- 331 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 57 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 29.8%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 56 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 207 days in 2011–12 to 331 days in 2024–25 — up 60% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 133 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Blue Mountains Hospital, about 314 km away, at 282 days. Here, 29.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 331 days | 29.8% | 57 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 255 days | 9.4% | 1099 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.
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 121 km away: 714 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 314 km away: 282 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 331 km away: 362 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 343 km away: 319 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 351 km away: 93 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 352 km away: 346 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], VIC · about 354 km away: 200 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 354 km away: 320 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 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
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 207 | 100 | 103 |
| 2012–13 | 151 | 97 | 96 |
| 2013–14 | 329 | 122 | 97 |
| 2014–15 | 345 | 142 | 105 |
| 2015–16 | 243 | 135 | 104 |
| 2016–17 | 171 | 121 | 90 |
| 2017–18 | 176 | 127 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | 100 | 163 | 108 |
| 2019–20 | 161 | 169 | 129 |
| 2020–21 | 223 | 262 | 223 |
| 2021–22 | 344 | 267 | 208 |
| 2022–23 | 355 | 290 | 216 |
| 2023–24 | 273 | 241 | 189 |
| 2024–25 | 331 | 255 | 133 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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