Surgery Waits

Skin lesion removal waiting time at Lyell McEwin Hospital

The median wait for skin lesion removal — published by the source as "Skin lesion - excision of" — at this public hospital in the Elizabeth Vale area of South Australia was 72 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
72 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
67 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
9.0%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 198 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 48 days in 2016–17 to 72 days in 2024–25 — up 50% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Modbury Hospital, about 10 km away, at 29 days. Here, 9.0% 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
Lyell McEwin Hospital72 days9.0%67 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)27 days1.4%4397 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 Lyell McEwin Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Lyell McEwin Hospital 72SA 27Australia 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 periodLyell McEwin Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17482225
2017–18602225
2018–19702225
2019–20872124
2020–211012025
2021–22682323
2022–232932726
2023–24592726
2024–25722726

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

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