Skin lesion removal waiting time at Lyell McEwin Hospital
Half of patients at Lyell McEwin Hospital waited 72 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 Elizabeth Vale area of South 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
- 72 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 67 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 9.0%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 198 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 48 days in 2016–17 to 72 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 Modbury Hospital, about 10 km away, at 29 days. Here, 9.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyell McEwin Hospital | 72 days | 9.0% | 67 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 27 days | 1.4% | 4397 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.
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 10 km away: 29 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 19 km away: 15 days
Women's and Children's Hospital, SA · about 19 km away: 77 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 19 km away: 22 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 21 km away: 30 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 32 km away: 22 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 42 km away: 17 days
Angaston District Hospital, SA · about 45 km away: 35 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Lyell McEwin Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Lyell McEwin Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 48 | 22 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 60 | 22 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 70 | 22 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 87 | 21 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 101 | 20 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 68 | 23 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 293 | 27 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 59 | 27 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 72 | 27 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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