Skin lesion removal waiting time at Sunshine Coast University Hospital
Half of patients at Sunshine Coast University Hospital waited 21 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 Birtinya 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
- 21 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 1234 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.6%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 38 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 31 days in 2016–17 to 21 days in 2024–25 — down 32% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gympie Hospital, about 77 km away, at 18 days. Here, 0.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Coast University Hospital | 21 days | 0.6% | 1234 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.
Nambour General Hospital, QLD · about 21 km away: 28 days
Caboolture Hospital, QLD · about 40 km away: 21 days
Redcliffe Hospital, QLD · about 54 km away: 28 days
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD · about 72 km away: 22 days
Gympie Hospital, QLD · about 77 km away: 18 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 78 km away: 30 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 79 km away: 35 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 82 km away: 75 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sunshine Coast University Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sunshine Coast University Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 31 | 24 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 27 | 25 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 27 | 24 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 27 | 25 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 28 | 23 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 28 | 26 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 22 | 26 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 21 | 26 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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