LLETZ procedure waiting times in Australian public hospitals

The national median wait for LLETZ procedure in Australian public hospitals was 33 days in 2024–25 — from 7 days at Peel Health Campus to 197 days at Mercy Hospital for Women. The source publishes this surgery as “Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ)”.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Across Australia, the median wait for LLETZ procedure in public hospitals was 33 days in 2024–25, from 4937 surgeries. 0.1% of people waited more than 365 days. 108 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

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State by state

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

Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	State or territory	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Victoria	25 days	0.0%	1360 surgeries
2	Western Australia	28 days	0.0%	486 surgeries
3	New South Wales	35 days	0.1%	1380 surgeries
4	Queensland	38 days	0.1%	1250 surgeries
5	South Australia	44 days	0.6%	358 surgeries
6	Northern Territory	61 days	1.0%	103 surgeries

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	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	WA (days)	NSW (days)
2016–17	30	29	34	not published
2017–18	30	36	26	not published
2018–19	38	42	40	34
2019–20	34	33	35	31
2020–21	38	50	35	38
2021–22	35	37	35	33
2022–23	35	28	30	34
2023–24	37	36	36	33
2024–25	33	25	28	35

Common questions

How long is the wait for LLETZ procedure in a public hospital?

The national median was 33 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 25 days in Victoria to 61 days in Northern Territory.

Which public hospital has the shortest wait for LLETZ procedure?

Of the 108 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Peel Health Campus reported the shortest (7 days) and Mercy Hospital for Women the longest (197 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.

How many people waited more than a year?

0.1% of people who had LLETZ procedure in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.