Skin lesion removal waiting time at Cairns Hospital
The median wait for skin lesion removal — published by the source as "Skin lesion - excision of" — at this public hospital in the Cairns North area of Queensland was 20 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
- 20 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 1031 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.6%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 214 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 13 days in 2016–17 to 20 days in 2024–25 — up 54% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairns Hospital | 20 days | 0.6% | 1031 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 0.7% | 17290 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 1.3% | 59852 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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.
How the wait has changed
- Cairns Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Cairns Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 13 | 24 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 11 | 25 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 11 | 25 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 16 | 24 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 20 | 25 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 22 | 23 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 23 | 26 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 22 | 26 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 20 | 26 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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