Skin lesion removal waiting time at South Coast District Hospital
Half of patients at South Coast District Hospital waited 13 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 Victor Harbor 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
- 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%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Coast District Hospital | 13 days | 0.0% | 184 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.
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 48 km away: 26 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 58 km away: 17 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 60 km away: 22 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 71 km away: 30 days
Women's and Children's Hospital, SA · about 72 km away: 77 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 76 km away: 22 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 78 km away: 22 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 81 km away: 29 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- South Coast District Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | South Coast District Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 14 | 22 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 12 | 22 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 10 | 22 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 8 | 21 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 7 | 20 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 6 | 23 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 3 | 27 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 7 | 27 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 13 | 27 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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