Skin lesion removal waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
Median wait, long waits and volumes for skin lesion removal — published by the source as “Skin lesion - excision of” — at this public hospital in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
- Median wait
- 27 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 387 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.8%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 87 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here is unchanged from 2016–17 (27 days) — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is University Hospital Geelong, about 80 km away, at 17 days. Here, 1.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] | 27 days | 1.8% | 387 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 1.6% | 15465 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 1.3% | 59852 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 27 | 22 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 23 | 21 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 20 | 20 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 25 | 20 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 23 | 20 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 22 | 18 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 25 | 20 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 27 | 19 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 27 | 20 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] · Skin lesion removal across Australia · Skin lesion removal in Victoria