Skin lesion removal waiting time at Katanning Hospital
Half of patients at Katanning Hospital waited 34 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 Katanning area of Western Australia.
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
- 34 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 73 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 136 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 28 days in 2018–19 to 34 days in 2024–25 — up 21% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Collie Hospital, about 135 km away, at 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katanning Hospital | 34 days | 0.0% | 73 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 1.9% | 7125 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.
Narrogin Hospital, WA · about 91 km away: 43 days
Collie Hospital, WA · about 135 km away: 11 days
Albany Hospital, WA · about 150 km away: 74 days
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 181 km away: 48 days
Busselton Health Campus, WA · about 208 km away: 33 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 211 km away: 28 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 225 km away: 36 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 228 km away: 72 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Katanning Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Katanning Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 30 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 34 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 28 | 30 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 28 | 25 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 19 | 28 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 20 | 27 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 26 | 31 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 20 | 32 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 34 | 33 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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