Skin lesion removal waiting time at St George Hospital Qld
Half of patients at St George Hospital Qld waited 22 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 St George area of Queensland.
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
- 22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 15 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 46 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 22 days in 2024–25 — up 5% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Moree Hospital, about 201 km away, at 14 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St George Hospital Qld | 22 days | not published | 15 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.
Roma Hospital, QLD · about 163 km away: 22 days
Goondiwindi Hospital, QLD · about 177 km away: 28 days
Moree Hospital, NSW · about 201 km away: 14 days
Narrabri Hospital, NSW · about 280 km away: 34 days
Dalby Hospital, QLD · about 281 km away: 29 days
Charleville Hospital, QLD · about 294 km away: 36 days
Toowoomba Hospital, QLD · about 334 km away: 22 days
Stanthorpe Hospital, QLD · about 334 km away: 23 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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
- St George Hospital Qld
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St George Hospital Qld (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 21 | 24 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 21 | 25 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 21 | 25 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 21 | 24 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 25 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 13 | 23 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 14 | 26 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 26 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 22 | 26 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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