Surgery Waits

LLETZ procedure waiting time at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service

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 Mount Gambier area of South Australia was 25 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
25 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
10 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 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 13 days in 2016–17 to 25 days in 2024–25 — up 92% — 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 271 km away, at 20 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
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service25 daysnot published10 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)44 days0.6%358 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)25 days0.0%1360 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 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) by financial year at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service, compared with South Australia and Australiadays0132538502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service 25SA 44Australia 33
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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 periodMount Gambier and Districts Health Service (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17132830
2017–18142730
2018–19103938
2019–20174034
2020–21182838
2021–22262635
2022–23273535
2023–24234737
2024–25254433

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

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