Surgery Waits

LLETZ procedure waiting time at Sunshine Coast University 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 Birtinya area of Queensland was 28 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
28 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
29 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 41 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 37 days in 2016–17 to 28 days in 2024–25 — down 24% — while the national median rose from 30 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Caboolture Hospital, about 40 km away, at 27 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
Sunshine Coast University Hospital28 daysnot published29 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)38 days0.1%1250 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 Sunshine Coast University Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays0132538502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Sunshine Coast University Hospital 28QLD 38Australia 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 periodSunshine Coast University Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17373030
2017–18213630
2018–19223838
2019–20183534
2020–21244038
2021–22244235
2022–23284035
2023–24414237
2024–25283833

Queensland's quarterly figures for gynaecology

These are not figures for large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ). Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.

Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.

Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Sunshine Coast University.

Patients treated
284 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time
63.0%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter
469 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended
38 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

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

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