Skin lesion removal waiting time at Narrabri Hospital
Half of patients at Narrabri 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 Narrabri 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
- 34 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 30 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
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 21 days in 2016–17 to 34 days in 2024–25 — up 62% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Moree Hospital, about 95 km away, at 14 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narrabri Hospital | 34 days | not published | 30 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.
Moree Hospital, NSW · about 95 km away: 14 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 138 km away: 23 days
Armidale Hospital, NSW · about 181 km away: 29 days
Goondiwindi Hospital, QLD · about 204 km away: 28 days
Scott Memorial Hospital, Scone, NSW · about 219 km away: 31 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 239 km away: 27 days
Muswellbrook Hospital, NSW · about 241 km away: 20 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
- Narrabri Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Narrabri Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 21 | 29 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 15 | 29 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 15 | 30 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 20 | 28 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 21 | 30 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 18 | 28 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 36 | 29 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 29 | 30 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 34 | 30 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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