Skin lesion removal waiting time at Ipswich Hospital
Half of patients at Ipswich Hospital waited 24 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 Ipswich area of Queensland.
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
- 24 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 240 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.8%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 70 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 16 days in 2016–17 to 24 days in 2024–25 — up 50% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Prince Charles Hospital, about 36 km away, at 22 days. Here, 0.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ipswich Hospital | 24 days | 0.8% | 240 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.
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 29 km away: 35 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 30 km away: 27 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 30 km away: 75 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 30 km away: 31 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 32 km away: 35 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 33 km away: 30 days
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD · about 36 km away: 22 days
Logan Hospital, QLD · about 38 km away: 63 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Ipswich Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Ipswich Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 16 | 24 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 23 | 25 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 21 | 25 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 19 | 24 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 19 | 25 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 18 | 23 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 27 | 26 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 21 | 26 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 24 | 26 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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