Surgery Waits

Skin lesion removal waiting time at The Prince Charles Hospital

The median wait for skin lesion removal — published by the source as "Skin lesion - excision of" — at this public hospital in the Chermside 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
289 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%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 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 18 days in 2016–17 to 22 days in 2024–25 — up 22% — 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, 0.0% 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
The Prince Charles Hospital22 days0.0%289 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 The Prince Charles Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays081523302016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25The Prince Charles 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 periodThe Prince Charles Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17182425
2017–18172525
2018–19242525
2019–20272424
2020–21182525
2021–22212323
2022–23302626
2023–24282626
2024–25222626

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

All surgery at The Prince Charles Hospital · Skin lesion removal across Australia · Skin lesion removal in Queensland