Skin lesion removal waiting time at Northam Hospital
The median wait for skin lesion removal — published by the source as "Skin lesion - excision of" — at this public hospital in the Northam area of Western Australia was 29 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
- 29 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 17 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 109 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 8 days in 2016–17 to 29 days in 2024–25 — up 263% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St John of God Midland Public Hospital, about 67 km away, at 15 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northam Hospital | 29 days | not published | 17 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 1.9% | 7125 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 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Northam Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Northam Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 8 | 30 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 14 | 34 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 40 | 30 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 26 | 25 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 14 | 28 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 15 | 27 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 8 | 31 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 19 | 32 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 29 | 33 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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