Skin lesion removal waiting time at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services
Half of patients at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services waited 32 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 Whyalla 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
- 32 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 154 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 133 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 19 days in 2016–17 to 32 days in 2024–25 — up 68% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services, about 61 km away, at 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whyalla Hospital and Health Services | 32 days | 0.0% | 154 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.
Port Pirie Regional Health Service, SA · about 43 km away: 34 days
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services, SA · about 61 km away: 18 days
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo), SA · about 100 km away: 27 days
Clare Hospital, SA · about 131 km away: 22 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 205 km away: 15 days
Angaston District Hospital, SA · about 213 km away: 35 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 215 km away: 72 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 224 km away: 22 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Whyalla Hospital and Health Services
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Whyalla Hospital and Health Services (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 19 | 22 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 17 | 22 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 18 | 22 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 23 | 21 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 18 | 20 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 12 | 23 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 20 | 27 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 25 | 27 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 32 | 27 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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