Surgery Waits

Skin lesion removal waiting time at Bundaberg Base Hospital

The median wait for skin lesion removal — published by the source as "Skin lesion - excision of" — at this public hospital in the Bundaberg West area of Queensland was 22 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
684 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.3%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 46 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 22 days in 2024–25 — up 16% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gympie Hospital, about 150 km away, at 18 days. Here, 0.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Skin lesion - excision of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Bundaberg Base Hospital22 days0.3%684 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)26 days0.7%17290 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)26 days1.3%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for skin lesion - excision of by financial year at Bundaberg Base Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays081523302016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Bundaberg Base Hospital 22QLD 26Australia 26
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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 periodBundaberg Base Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17192425
2017–18202525
2018–19202525
2019–20212424
2020–21212525
2021–22202323
2022–23232626
2023–24212626
2024–25222626

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Bundaberg Base Hospital · Skin lesion removal across Australia · Skin lesion removal in Queensland