Skin lesion removal waiting time at Hedland Health Campus
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 South Hedland area of Western Australia, 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
- 15 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 34 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
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 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 69 days in 2016–17 to 15 days in 2024–25 — down 78% — 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.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedland Health Campus | 15 days | not published | 34 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 1.9% | 7125 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 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Hedland Health Campus
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Hedland Health Campus (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 69 | 30 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 40 | 34 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 82 | 30 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 19 | 25 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 27 | 28 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 36 | 27 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 54 | 31 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 14 | 32 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 15 | 33 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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