Skin lesion removal waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for skin lesion removal in Australian public hospitals was 26 days in 2024–25 — from 11 days at Collie Hospital to 335 days at Campbelltown Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as "Skin lesion - excision of".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Across Australia, the median wait for skin lesion removal in public hospitals was 26 days in 2024–25, from 59852 surgeries. 1.3% of people waited more than 365 days. 214 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
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State by state
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria | 20 days | 1.6% | 15465 surgeries |
| 2 | Northern Territory | 24 days | 1.1% | 902 surgeries |
| 3 | Queensland | 26 days | 0.7% | 17290 surgeries |
| 4 | South Australia | 27 days | 1.4% | 4397 surgeries |
| 5 | New South Wales | 30 days | 1.4% | 14673 surgeries |
| 6 | Western Australia | 33 days | 1.9% | 7125 surgeries |
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- VIC
- NT
- QLD
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | NT (days) | QLD (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 24 |
| 2017–18 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 23 | 18 | 24 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 26 | 19 | 21 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 26 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for skin lesion removal in a public hospital?
The national median was 26 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 20 days in Victoria to 33 days in Western Australia.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for skin lesion removal?
Of the 214 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Collie Hospital reported the shortest (11 days) and Campbelltown Hospital the longest (335 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
1.3% of people who had skin lesion removal in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.
Cite this page
The national median wait for skin lesion removal in Australian public hospitals was 26 days in 2024–25, from 11 days at Collie Hospital to 335 days at Campbelltown Hospital.
Copy-ready citation
SurgeryWaits, "Skin lesion removal waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: SurgeryWaits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/skin-lesion-removal.svg" width="720" height="352" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Skin lesion removal by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.