Cervix cone biopsy waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for cervix cone biopsy in Australian public hospitals was 23 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 15 days at Sunshine Hospital to 33 days at Gympie Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as "Cone biopsy".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
Across Australia, the median wait for cervix cone biopsy in public hospitals was 23 days in 2024–25, from 451 surgeries. 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days. 12 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cone biopsy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
State by state
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 23 days marks the national median.
Victoria: 21 days
Queensland: 24 days
New South Wales: not published
Northern Territory: not published
South Australia: not published
Western Australia: not published
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria | 21 days | 0.0% | 110 surgeries |
| 2 | Queensland | 24 days | 0.0% | 157 surgeries |
| unranked | New South Wales | not published | not published | 98 surgeries |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | 16 surgeries |
| unranked | South Australia | not published | not published | 19 surgeries |
| unranked | Western Australia | not published | not published | 51 surgeries |
Ranked by area: near the Sunshine Coast.
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- VIC
- QLD
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| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | QLD (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 27 | not published | 21 |
| 2017–18 | 28 | 19 | 21 |
| 2018–19 | 24 | 27 | 21 |
| 2019–20 | 22 | 22 | 21 |
| 2020–21 | 23 | 22 | 22 |
| 2021–22 | 22 | 21 | 22 |
| 2022–23 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| 2023–24 | 24 | 24 | 21 |
| 2024–25 | 23 | 21 | 24 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for cervix cone biopsy in a public hospital?
The national median was 23 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 21 days in Victoria to 24 days in Queensland.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for cervix cone biopsy?
Of the 12 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Sunshine Hospital reported the shortest median, 15 days, and Gympie Hospital the longest, 33 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). A shorter median is not a recommendation. How to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
0.0% of people who had cervix cone biopsy in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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The national median wait for cervix cone biopsy in Australian public hospitals was 23 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Cervix cone biopsy waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cone-biopsy/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cone-biopsy/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/cone-biopsy.svg" width="720" height="216" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Cervix cone biopsy by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.