LLETZ procedure waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

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 Lalor 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: 79 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 65 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 100 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 37 days in 2018–19 to 79 days in 2024–25 — up 114% — while the national median fell from 38 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], about 17 km away, at 28 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 Northern Hospital [Epping]	79 days	0.0%	65 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.

Mercy Hospital for WomenVIC · about 12 km away197 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 17 km away28 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 17 km away7 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 18 km away8 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 20 km away22 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 21 km away37 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 30 km away36 days
Yarra Ranges HealthVIC · about 32 km away14 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 Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not published	29	30
2017–18	not published	36	30
2018–19	37	42	38
2019–20	43	33	34
2020–21	not published	50	38
2021–22	107	37	35
2022–23	63	28	35
2023–24	72	36	37
2024–25	79	25	33

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

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