Skin lesion removal waiting time at Canterbury Hospital
The median wait for skin lesion removal — published by the source as "Skin lesion - excision of" — at this public hospital in the Campsie area of New South Wales was 71 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
- 71 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 57 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 197 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 52 days in 2016–17 to 71 days in 2024–25 — up 37% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St George Hospital NSW, about 6 km away, at 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury Hospital | 71 days | 0.0% | 57 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 30 days | 1.4% | 14673 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
- Canterbury Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Canterbury Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 52 | 29 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 55 | 29 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 70 | 30 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 69 | 28 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 119 | 30 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 106 | 28 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 207 | 29 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 86 | 30 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 71 | 30 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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