Skin lesion removal waiting time at Stanthorpe 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 Stanthorpe area of Queensland, 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
- 23 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 67 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.5%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 is unchanged from 2016–17 (23 days) — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Toowoomba Hospital, about 121 km away, at 22 days. Here, 1.5% 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanthorpe Hospital | 23 days | 1.5% | 67 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 30 days | 1.4% | 14673 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 0.7% | 17290 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.
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
- Stanthorpe Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Stanthorpe Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 23 | 25 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 22 | 25 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 23 | 24 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 28 | 25 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 22 | 26 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 22 | 26 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 23 | 26 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Stanthorpe Hospital · Skin lesion removal across Australia · Skin lesion removal in Queensland