Launceston General Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Launceston General Hospital is a public hospital in Tasmania. It reported 14 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25.
Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed last and is never ranked.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cystoscopy | 26 days | 817 surgeries | 0.4% |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | 51 days | 41 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 57 days | 159 surgeries | 7.5% |
| Myringotomy | 73 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | 101 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 123 days | 97 surgeries | 8.2% |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 124 days | 188 surgeries | 14.4% |
| Total hip replacement | 135 days | 150 surgeries | 3.3% |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 140 days | 1050 surgeries | 7.0% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 147 days | 60 surgeries | 21.7% |
| Septoplasty | 172 days | 60 surgeries | 10.0% |
| Total knee replacement | 188 days | 239 surgeries | 4.2% |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 295 days | 32 surgeries | not published |
| Varicose veins treatment | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 22 days | 67% | 4209 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 81 days | 55% | 2702 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 185 days | 83% | 2109 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.