LLETZ procedure waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]
Half of patients at The Northern Hospital [Epping] waited 79 days or less for LLETZ procedure in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ)". This public hospital is in the Lalor area of Victoria.
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
- 79 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 65 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 100 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 37 days in 2018–19 to 79 days in 2024–25 — up 114% — while the national median fell from 38 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], about 17 km away, at 28 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 79 days | 0.0% | 65 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.
Mercy Hospital for Women, VIC · about 12 km away: 197 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 17 km away: 28 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 17 km away: 7 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 18 km away: 8 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 20 km away: 22 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 21 km away: 37 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 30 km away: 36 days
Yarra Ranges Health, VIC · about 32 km away: 14 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- The Northern Hospital [Epping]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 29 | 30 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 36 | 30 |
| 2018–19 | 37 | 42 | 38 |
| 2019–20 | 43 | 33 | 34 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 50 | 38 |
| 2021–22 | 107 | 37 | 35 |
| 2022–23 | 63 | 28 | 35 |
| 2023–24 | 72 | 36 | 37 |
| 2024–25 | 79 | 25 | 33 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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