Skin lesion removal waiting time at Stanthorpe Hospital
Half of patients at Stanthorpe Hospital waited 23 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 Stanthorpe 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
- 23 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 67 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.5%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 62 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here is unchanged from 2016–17 (23 days) — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Toowoomba Hospital, about 121 km away, at 22 days. Here, 1.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanthorpe Hospital | 23 days | 1.5% | 67 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.
Warwick Hospital, QLD · about 49 km away: 28 days
Casino and District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 110 km away: 28 days
Toowoomba Hospital, QLD · about 121 km away: 22 days
Beaudesert Hospital, QLD · about 129 km away: 28 days
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 134 km away: 23 days
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 142 km away: 24 days
Murwillumbah District Hospital, NSW · about 149 km away: 40 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 150 km away: 28 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
- Stanthorpe Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Stanthorpe Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 23 | 25 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 22 | 25 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 23 | 24 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 28 | 25 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 22 | 26 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 22 | 26 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 23 | 26 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Stanthorpe Hospital · Skin lesion removal across Australia · Skin lesion removal in Queensland · All surgery waits in Queensland