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title: "Launceston General Hospital surgery waiting times"
description: "Planned surgery waiting times and waiting list at Launceston General Hospital, a public hospital in the South Launceston area of Tasmania, for 2024–25."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/"
---

# Launceston General Hospital surgery waiting times

In 2024–25, this public hospital in the South Launceston area of Tasmania published median waits from **13 days** for major neck lymph node surgery to **295 days** for haemorrhoid surgery.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

Launceston General Hospital is a public hospital in the South Launceston area of Tasmania. It is part of [Tasmanian Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/tasmanian-health-service/). It reported 48 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 4 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.

**[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick a surgery and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

## Waiting times by surgery

Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.

Planned surgery at Launceston General Hospital, 2024–25. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Radical neck dissection](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/) | 13 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| [Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | 17 days | 78 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Mastectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/mastectomy/) | 21 days | 75 surgeries | 2.7% |
| [Amputation of limb](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/amputation-of-limb/) | 23 days | 35 surgeries | not published |
| [Trabeculectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/trabeculectomy/) | 23 days | 39 surgeries | not published |
| [Cystoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/cystoscopy/) | 26 days | 817 surgeries | 0.4% |
| [Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 26 days | 341 surgeries | 0.3% |
| [Stone/s urinary tract - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/stone-s-urinary-tract-removal-of/) | 33 days | 218 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Nephrectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/nephrectomy/) | 37 days | 48 surgeries | not published |
| [Prostate biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/prostate-biopsy/) | 42 days | 253 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/thyroidectomy-hemi-thyroidectomy/) | 42 days | 35 surgeries | not published |
| [Circumcision](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/circumcision/) | 51 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| [Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/prostate-surgery/) | 51 days | 41 surgeries | not published |
| [Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) | 57 days | 159 surgeries | 7.5% |
| [Microlaryngoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/microlaryngoscopy/) | 57 days | 151 surgeries | 4.6% |
| [Endometrial ablation](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/endometrial-ablation/) | 62 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| [Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/parotidectomy-submandibular-gland-excision-of/) | 67 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| [Carpal tunnel release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) | 69 days | 119 surgeries | 5.0% |
| [Myringotomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/myringotomy/) | 73 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| [Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/grommets/) | 73 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| [Laparoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/laparoscopy/) | 76 days | 157 surgeries | 5.7% |
| [Arthroscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/arthroscopy/) | 80 days | 103 surgeries | 6.8% |
| [Exostosis - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/exostosis-excision-of/) | 85 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| [Hydrocele - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/) | 87 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| [Adenoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/adenoidectomy/) | 97 days | 25 surgeries | not published |
| [Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | 101 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| [Mastoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/mastoidectomy/) | 104 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| [Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/hysterectomy/) | 123 days | 97 surgeries | 8.2% |
| [Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 124 days | 188 surgeries | 14.4% |
| [Lithotripsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/lithotripsy/) | 131 days | 20 surgeries | not published |
| [Total hip replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/hip-replacement/) | 135 days | 150 surgeries | 3.3% |
| [Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/cataract-surgery/) | 140 days | 1050 surgeries | 7.0% |
| [Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) | 147 days | 60 surgeries | 21.7% |
| [Arthroplasty - revision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/arthroplasty-revision-of/) | 172 days | 42 surgeries | not published |
| [Septoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/septoplasty/) | 172 days | 60 surgeries | 10.0% |
| [Total knee replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/knee-replacement/) | 188 days | 239 surgeries | 4.2% |
| [Arthrodesis](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/arthrodesis/) | 247 days | 53 surgeries | 37.7% |
| [Haemorrhoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) | 295 days | 32 surgeries | not published |
| [Cleft lip and palate - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/cleft-lip-and-palate-repair-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Cystectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/cystectomy/) | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| [Epididymal cyst - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/epididymal-cyst-removal-of/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Nerve decompression](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Orchidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/orchidectomy/) | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| [Orchidopexy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/orchidopexy/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Parathyroidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/parathyroidectomy/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Probing of naso-lacrimal duct](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/probing-of-naso-lacrimal-duct/) | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| [Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Varicose veins treatment](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/varicose-vein-surgery/) | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |

**Not reported for this period**

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carotid endarterectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Hypospadias - repair of last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Laminectomy last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Rhinoplasty last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |

## 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. [What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/)

All planned surgery at Launceston General Hospital by urgency category, 2024–25.

| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-1/tas/) | 22 days | 67% | 4209 surgeries |
| [Semi-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-2/tas/) | 81 days | 55% | 2702 surgeries |
| [Non-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-3/tas/) | 185 days | 83% | 2109 surgeries |

**Cite this page**

> In 2024–25, Launceston General Hospital published median planned-surgery waits from 13 days for major neck lymph node surgery to 295 days for haemorrhoid surgery (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Launceston General Hospital wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

## What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

[How these figures are put together](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/) · [All surgery waits in Tasmania](https://surgerywaits.au/state/tas/) · [All hospitals](https://surgerywaits.au/hospitals/)

## Before you use these figures

Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you.

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Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations.

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