Surgery Waits

Skin lesion removal waiting time at South Coast District Hospital

The median wait for skin lesion removal — published by the source as "Skin lesion - excision of" — at this public hospital in the Victor Harbor area of South Australia was 13 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
13 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
184 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 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 14 days in 2016–17 to 13 days in 2024–25 — down 7% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. 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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Skin lesion - excision of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
South Coast District Hospital13 days0.0%184 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)27 days1.4%4397 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)26 days1.3%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for skin lesion - excision of by financial year at South Coast District Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays081523302016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25South Coast District Hospital 13SA 27Australia 26
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Skin lesion - excision of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSouth Coast District Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17142225
2017–18122225
2018–19102225
2019–2082124
2020–2172025
2021–2262323
2022–2332726
2023–2472726
2024–25132726

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at South Coast District Hospital · Skin lesion removal across Australia · Skin lesion removal in South Australia