Skin lesion removal waiting time at Grafton Base Hospital
Half of patients at Grafton Base Hospital waited 28 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 Grafton area of New South Wales.
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
- 28 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 318 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 98 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 21 days in 2016–17 to 28 days in 2024–25 — up 33% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Lismore Base Hospital, about 102 km away, at 23 days. Here, 0.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grafton Base Hospital | 28 days | 0.0% | 318 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 30 days | 1.4% | 14673 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 0.7% | 17290 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.
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 73 km away: 40 days
Casino and District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 91 km away: 28 days
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 102 km away: 23 days
Ballina District Hospital, NSW · about 109 km away: 29 days
Macksville District Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 62 days
Stanthorpe Hospital, QLD · about 150 km away: 23 days
Armidale Hospital, NSW · about 155 km away: 29 days
Kempsey District Hospital, NSW · about 155 km away: 57 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Grafton Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Grafton Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 21 | 29 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 19 | 29 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 21 | 30 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 19 | 28 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 26 | 30 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 27 | 28 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 26 | 29 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 29 | 30 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 28 | 30 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Grafton Base Hospital · Skin lesion removal across Australia · Skin lesion removal in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales