LLETZ procedure waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]

The median wait for LLETZ procedure — published by the source as "Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ)" — at this public hospital in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria was 20 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait: 20 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 44 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 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 12 days in 2016–17 to 20 days in 2024–25 — up 67% — while the national median rose from 30 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 103 km away, at 7 days.

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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
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	20 days	not published	44 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.

Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 53 km away27 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 80 km away23 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 88 km away37 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 98 km away39 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 101 km away28 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 103 km away7 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 103 km away79 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 103 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	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	12	29	30
2017–18	17	36	30
2018–19	17	42	38
2019–20	10	33	34
2020–21	20	50	38
2021–22	21	37	35
2022–23	18	28	35
2023–24	24	36	37
2024–25	20	25	33

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

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