Skin lesion removal waiting time at Casey Hospital
Half of patients at Casey Hospital waited 14 days or less for skin lesion removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Skin lesion - excision of". This public hospital is in the Berwick area of Victoria.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 14 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 305 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.3%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 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 25 days in 2016–17 to 14 days in 2024–25 — down 44% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 1.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Skin lesion - excision of" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Hospital | 14 days | 1.3% | 305 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 1.6% | 15465 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 1.3% | 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.
Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre, VIC · about 10 km away: 26 days
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 14 km away: 18 days
Angliss Hospital, VIC · about 17 km away: 79 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 21 km away: 67 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 22 km away: 22 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 22 km away: 16 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood], VIC · about 28 km away: 23 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 28 km away: 21 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Casey Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Casey Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 25 | 22 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 25 | 21 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 23 | 20 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 22 | 20 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 26 | 20 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 21 | 18 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 40 | 20 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 15 | 19 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 14 | 20 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Casey Hospital · Skin lesion removal across Australia · Skin lesion removal in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria