Skin lesion removal waiting time at Riverland General Hospital
The median wait for skin lesion removal — published by the source as "Skin lesion - excision of" — at this public hospital in the Berri area of South Australia was 34 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
- 34 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 277 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 214 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 136 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 45 days in 2016–17 to 34 days in 2024–25 — down 24% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, about 154 km away, at 22 days. Here, 0.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverland General Hospital | 34 days | 0.0% | 277 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 27 days | 1.4% | 4397 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
- Riverland General Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Riverland General Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 45 | 22 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 42 | 22 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 34 | 22 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 19 | 21 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 19 | 20 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 12 | 23 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 22 | 27 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 22 | 27 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 34 | 27 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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