LLETZ procedure waiting time at The Bendigo 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 Bendigo 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: 39 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 55 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 108 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 67 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 23 days in 2016–17 to 39 days in 2024–25 — up 70% — while the national median rose from 30 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 98 km away, at 20 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.1%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
The Bendigo Hospital	39 days	0.0%	55 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	25 days	0.0%	1360 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	33 days	0.1%	4937 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 33 days marks the national median.

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 98 km away20 days
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 104 km away27 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 120 km away79 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 122 km away37 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 131 km away28 days
Mercy Hospital for WomenVIC · about 131 km away197 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 133 km away7 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 133 km away8 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Bendigo Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	23	29	30
2017–18	61	36	30
2018–19	22	42	38
2019–20	30	33	34
2020–21	27	50	38
2021–22	86	37	35
2022–23	22	28	35
2023–24	44	36	37
2024–25	39	25	33

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

All surgery at The Bendigo Hospital · LLETZ procedure across Australia · LLETZ procedure in Victoria