Surgery Waits

LLETZ procedure waiting time at Lyell McEwin 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 Elizabeth Vale area of South Australia was 90 days in 2024–25.

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

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

Median wait
90 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
53 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 105 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 56 days in 2016–17 to 90 days in 2024–25 — up 61% — while the national median rose from 30 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Modbury Hospital, about 10 km away, at 38 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
Lyell McEwin Hospital90 days0.0%53 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)44 days0.6%358 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)33 days0.1%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.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) by financial year at Lyell McEwin Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Lyell McEwin Hospital 90SA 44Australia 33
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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 periodLyell McEwin Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17562830
2017–18342730
2018–19683938
2019–20854034
2020–211022838
2021–22482635
2022–23733535
2023–24634737
2024–25904433

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

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