Surgery Waits

Skin lesion removal waiting time at Lismore Base Hospital

The median wait for skin lesion removal — published by the source as "Skin lesion - excision of" — at this public hospital in the Lismore area of New South Wales was 23 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
23 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
278 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
1.4%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 62 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 15 days in 2016–17 to 23 days in 2024–25 — up 53% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 1.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.

Compare this near you → 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.

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
Lismore Base Hospital23 days1.4%278 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)30 days1.4%14673 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.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for skin lesion - excision of by financial year at Lismore Base Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays081523302016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Lismore Base Hospital 23NSW 30Australia 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 periodLismore Base Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17152925
2017–18212925
2018–19183025
2019–20222824
2020–21223025
2021–22232823
2022–23222926
2023–24233026
2024–25233026

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

All surgery at Lismore Base Hospital · Skin lesion removal across Australia · Skin lesion removal in New South Wales