--- title: "Skin lesion removal near Westmead" description: "Public hospitals in or near Westmead ranked by median wait for skin lesion removal, 2024–25. Shortest wait: 28 days." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/near/westmead/" --- # Skin lesion removal near Westmead Near Westmead, [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) had the shortest median wait for skin lesion removal in 2024–25: **28 days** (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 6 public hospitals are ranked here by the median wait the source published for skin lesion removal, shortest first, and by nothing else. Every hospital listed is within 120 km of every other. 2 hospitals sit just outside this area, within about 25 km of one of its hospitals, and are included because a referral can cross the line. 2 children's hospitals nearby are left out, because they treat only children. The source publishes this surgery as "Skin lesion - excision of". ## Hospitals in or near Westmead Skin lesion - excision of at public hospitals in or near Westmead, 2024–25, by median wait. Hospitals with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) | 28 days | 1.7% | Westmead, NSW. In this area. | | 2 | [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) | 37 days | 0.0% | Concord West, NSW. Outside this area, about 6 km from Auburn Hospital. | | 3 | [Auburn Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/auburn-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) | 39 days | 0.6% | Auburn, NSW. In this area. | | 4 | [Mount Druitt Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-druitt-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) | 40 days | 0.0% | Rooty Hill, NSW. In this area. | | 5 | [Blacktown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blacktown-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) | 56 days | not published | Blacktown, NSW. In this area. | | 6 | [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) | 85 days | 2.8% | Condell Park, NSW. Outside this area, about 8 km from Auburn Hospital. | This area covers Auburn Hospital, Blacktown Hospital, Mount Druitt Hospital and Westmead Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Western Sydney". Distances are straight lines between hospital locations, rounded to the nearest kilometre; they are not travel distances. A shorter median does not mean a hospital will see you sooner: your urgency category and your specialist decide that. **Cite this page** > Near Westmead, Westmead Hospital had the shortest median wait for skin lesion removal in 2024–25: 28 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Skin lesion removal near Westmead: hospital waits", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/near/westmead/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/near/westmead/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/near/westmead/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026. ## What is not here Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here. See [every New South Wales hospital for skin lesion removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/nsw/), or every hospital in [Western Sydney](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/western-sydney/). ## 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/near/westmead/.