Varicose vein surgery waiting time at Wauchope District Memorial Hospital
Half of patients at Wauchope District Memorial Hospital waited 128 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 Yippin Creek 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
- 128 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 47 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 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 107 days in 2011–12 to 128 days in 2024–25 — up 20% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 133 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wyong Hospital, about 232 km away, at 102 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wauchope District Memorial Hospital | 128 days | not published | 47 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.
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 131 km away: 462 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 177 km away: 371 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 190 km away: 253 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 232 km away: 102 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Wauchope District Memorial Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wauchope District Memorial Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 107 | 100 | 103 |
| 2012–13 | 168 | 97 | 96 |
| 2013–14 | 108 | 122 | 97 |
| 2014–15 | 111 | 142 | 105 |
| 2015–16 | 177 | 135 | 104 |
| 2016–17 | 224 | 121 | 90 |
| 2017–18 | 179 | 127 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | 319 | 163 | 108 |
| 2019–20 | 271 | 169 | 129 |
| 2020–21 | 255 | 262 | 223 |
| 2021–22 | 252 | 267 | 208 |
| 2022–23 | 177 | 290 | 216 |
| 2023–24 | 140 | 241 | 189 |
| 2024–25 | 128 | 255 | 133 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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