Surgery Waits

Skin lesion removal waiting time at Casino and District Memorial Hospital

The median wait for skin lesion removal — published by the source as "Skin lesion - excision of" — at this public hospital in the Casino area of New South Wales was 28 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
28 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
31 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 214 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 98 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 25 days in 2016–17 to 28 days in 2024–25 — up 12% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Lismore Base Hospital, about 25 km away, at 23 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Skin lesion - excision of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Casino and District Memorial Hospital28 daysnot published31 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)30 days1.4%14673 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)26 days0.7%17290 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)26 days1.3%59852 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median.

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

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for skin lesion - excision of by financial year at Casino and District Memorial Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0132538502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Casino and District Memorial Hospital 28NSW 30Australia 26
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Skin lesion - excision of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodCasino and District Memorial Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17252925
2017–18352925
2018–19323025
2019–20422824
2020–21253025
2021–22292823
2022–23422926
2023–24223026
2024–25283026

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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