Surgery Waits

Varicose vein surgery waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital

The median wait for varicose vein surgery — published by the source as "Varicose veins treatment" — at this public hospital in the Turvey Park area of New South Wales was 331 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
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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Varicose veins treatment, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Wagga Wagga Hospital331 days29.8%57 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)255 days9.4%1099 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)80 days9.0%1224 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)133 days9.5%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.

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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for varicose veins treatment by financial year at Wagga Wagga Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Wagga Wagga Hospital 331NSW 255Australia 133
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Varicose veins treatment, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodWagga Wagga Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12207100103
2012–131519796
2013–1432912297
2014–15345142105
2015–16243135104
2016–1717112190
2017–18176127101
2018–19100163108
2019–20161169129
2020–21223262223
2021–22344267208
2022–23355290216
2023–24273241189
2024–25331255133

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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