Skin lesion removal waiting time at South East Regional Hospital
Half of patients at South East Regional Hospital waited 42 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 Tarraganda 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
- 42 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 89 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 163 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 55 days in 2016–17 to 42 days in 2024–25 — down 24% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Moruya Hospital, about 89 km away, at 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South East Regional Hospital | 42 days | 0.0% | 89 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 30 days | 1.4% | 14673 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.
Moruya Hospital, NSW · about 89 km away: 22 days
Queanbeyan Hospital, NSW · about 159 km away: 44 days
Tumut Hospital, NSW · about 213 km away: 55 days
Shoalhaven Hospital, NSW · about 213 km away: 43 days
Goulburn Base Hospital, NSW · about 216 km away: 27 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- South East Regional Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | South East Regional Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 55 | 29 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 52 | 29 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 56 | 30 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 59 | 28 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 68 | 30 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 50 | 28 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 58 | 29 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 49 | 30 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 42 | 30 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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