LLETZ procedure waiting time at Royal Darwin Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for LLETZ procedure — published by the source as “Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ)” — at this public hospital in the Tiwi area of Northern Territory, 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
- 52 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 26 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 108 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 82 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 62 days in 2016–17 to 52 days in 2024–25 — down 16% — while the national median rose from 30 days to 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Darwin Hospital | 52 days | not published | 26 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | 61 days | 1.0% | 103 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 0.1% | 4937 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
- Royal Darwin Hospital
- NT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Darwin Hospital (days) | NT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 62 | 30 | 30 |
| 2017–18 | 52 | 34 | 30 |
| 2018–19 | 76 | 44 | 38 |
| 2019–20 | 46 | 38 | 34 |
| 2020–21 | 25 | 26 | 38 |
| 2021–22 | 28 | 27 | 35 |
| 2022–23 | 11 | not published | 35 |
| 2023–24 | 65 | not published | 37 |
| 2024–25 | 52 | 61 | 33 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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