Varicose veins treatment waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

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: 176 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 48 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 32 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
University Hospital Geelong	176 days	not published	48 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.

The AlfredVIC · about 64 km away64 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 65 km away92 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 66 km away76 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 66 km away111 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 67 km away116 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 67 km away76 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 74 km away34 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 74 km away69 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	University Hospital Geelong (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	79	112	103
2012–13	102	144	96
2013–14	395	126	97
2014–15	133	112	105
2015–16	27	121	104
2016–17	25	76	90
2017–18	120	83	101
2018–19	51	82	108
2019–20	26	92	129
2020–21	56	238	223
2021–22	not published	235	208
2022–23	609	168	216
2023–24	82	148	189
2024–25	176	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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