Varicose veins treatment waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Varicose veins treatment at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

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.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Varicose veins treatment, 2024–25.
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

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

St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 1 km away76 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 2 km away92 days
The AlfredVIC · about 4 km away64 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 8 km away69 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 9 km away17 days
Blackburn Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 16 km away185 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 17 km away93 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 21 km away34 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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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 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

What is not here

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

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