Skin lesion removal near Westmead
Near Westmead, Westmead Hospital 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
| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westmead Hospital | 28 days | 1.7% | Westmead, NSW. In this area. |
| 2 | Concord Repatriation Hospital | 37 days | 0.0% | Concord West, NSW. Outside this area, about 6 km from Auburn Hospital. |
| 3 | Auburn Hospital | 39 days | 0.6% | Auburn, NSW. In this area. |
| 4 | Mount Druitt Hospital | 40 days | 0.0% | Rooty Hill, NSW. In this area. |
| 5 | Blacktown Hospital | 56 days | not published | Blacktown, NSW. In this area. |
| 6 | Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital | 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.
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Near Westmead, Westmead Hospital had the shortest median wait for skin lesion removal in 2024–25: 28 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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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/), 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.
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