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Varicose vein surgery waiting times in South Australia

The median wait for varicose vein surgery in South Australia public hospitals was 206 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 133 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Varicose veins treatment".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

4 public hospitals in South Australia reported varicose vein surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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.

1 hospital has no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 133 days marks the national median.

Varicose veins treatment in South Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital 15 days not published 10 surgeries
2 Flinders Medical Centre 230 days 32.0% 50 surgeries
3 Noarlunga Hospital 342 days not published 45 surgeries
unranked Riverland General Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries

Ranked by area in South Australia: near Bedford Park.

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The median wait for varicose vein surgery in South Australia public hospitals was 206 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Varicose vein surgery waiting times in South Australia", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/varicose-vein-surgery/sa/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/varicose-vein-surgery/sa/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in South Australia.