--- title: "Skin lesion removal waiting times in Australian public hospitals" description: "Median public-hospital waiting time for Skin lesion removal in 2024–25: 26 days nationally, compared state by state and hospital by hospital." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/" --- # Skin lesion removal waiting times in Australian public hospitals The national median wait for skin lesion removal in Australian public hospitals was **26 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 11 days at [Collie Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/collie-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) to 335 days at [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/). The source publishes this surgery as "Skin lesion - excision of". Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. Across Australia, the median wait for skin lesion removal in public hospitals was **26 days** in 2024–25, from 59852 surgeries. 1.3% of people waited more than 365 days. 214 public hospitals published a median wait for it. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** 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. ## State by state Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median. - [Victoria](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/vic/): 20 days - [Northern Territory](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/nt/): 24 days - [Queensland](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/qld/): 26 days - [South Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/sa/): 27 days - [New South Wales](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/nsw/): 30 days - [Western Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/wa/): 33 days Skin lesion - excision of in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Victoria](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/vic/) | 20 days | 1.6% | 15465 surgeries | | 2 | [Northern Territory](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/nt/) | 24 days | 1.1% | 902 surgeries | | 3 | [Queensland](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/qld/) | 26 days | 0.7% | 17290 surgeries | | 4 | [South Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/sa/) | 27 days | 1.4% | 4397 surgeries | | 5 | [New South Wales](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/nsw/) | 30 days | 1.4% | 14673 surgeries | | 6 | [Western Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/wa/) | 33 days | 1.9% | 7125 surgeries | Ranked by area: [near Box Hill](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/near/box-hill/) · [near Camperdown](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/near/camperdown/) · [near Clayton](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/near/clayton/) · [near Liverpool](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/near/liverpool/) · [near the Perth CBD](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/near/perth-cbd/) · [near St Leonards](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/near/st-leonards/) · and 20 more areas on the state pages. ## How the wait has changed **View these numbers as a table** Median wait in days for Skin lesion - excision of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | NT (days) | QLD (days) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2016–17 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 24 | | 2017–18 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 25 | | 2018–19 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 25 | | 2019–20 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 24 | | 2020–21 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 25 | | 2021–22 | 23 | 18 | 24 | 23 | | 2022–23 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 26 | | 2023–24 | 26 | 19 | 21 | 26 | | 2024–25 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 26 | ## Common questions ### How long is the wait for skin lesion removal in a public hospital? The national median was 26 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 20 days in Victoria to 33 days in Western Australia. ### Which public hospital has the shortest wait for skin lesion removal? Of the 214 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, [Collie Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/collie-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) reported the shortest median, 11 days, and [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) the longest, 335 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). A shorter median is not a recommendation. [How to read these figures](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/). ### How many people waited more than a year? 1.3% of people who had skin lesion removal in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). **Cite this page** > The national median wait for skin lesion removal in Australian public hospitals was 26 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Skin lesion removal waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026. ### Embed the chart The state comparison is also published as a standalone image at a stable address — [the SVG chart](https://surgerywaits.au/charts/skin-lesion-removal.svg) — free to embed or link with the attribution below: ``` Median public hospital waiting time for Skin lesion removal by state and territory, 2024–25 ``` ## What is not here Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here. The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — [the methodology explains the wording](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/). ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you. **In an emergency call 000.** Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations. Surgery Waits is published by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). * * * This is the Markdown copy of https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/.