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 radical neck dissection to 295 days for haemorrhoid surgery.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Launceston General Hospital is a public hospital in the South Launceston area of Tasmania. It is part of 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.
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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.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical neck dissection | 13 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | 17 days | 78 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Mastectomy | 21 days | 75 surgeries | 2.7% |
| Amputation of limb | 23 days | 35 surgeries | not published |
| Trabeculectomy | 23 days | 39 surgeries | not published |
| Cystoscopy | 26 days | 817 surgeries | 0.4% |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 26 days | 341 surgeries | 0.3% |
| Stone/s urinary tract - removal of | 33 days | 218 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Nephrectomy | 37 days | 48 surgeries | not published |
| Prostate biopsy | 42 days | 253 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy | 42 days | 35 surgeries | not published |
| Circumcision | 51 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | 51 days | 41 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 57 days | 159 surgeries | 7.5% |
| Microlaryngoscopy | 57 days | 151 surgeries | 4.6% |
| Endometrial ablation | 62 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of | 67 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | 69 days | 119 surgeries | 5.0% |
| Myringotomy | 73 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of | 73 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | 76 days | 157 surgeries | 5.7% |
| Arthroscopy | 80 days | 103 surgeries | 6.8% |
| Exostosis - excision of | 85 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Hydrocele - repair of | 87 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Adenoidectomy | 97 days | 25 surgeries | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | 101 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Mastoidectomy | 104 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 123 days | 97 surgeries | 8.2% |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 124 days | 188 surgeries | 14.4% |
| Lithotripsy | 131 days | 20 surgeries | not published |
| 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% |
| Arthroplasty - revision of | 172 days | 42 surgeries | not published |
| Septoplasty | 172 days | 60 surgeries | 10.0% |
| Total knee replacement | 188 days | 239 surgeries | 4.2% |
| Arthrodesis | 247 days | 53 surgeries | 37.7% |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 295 days | 32 surgeries | not published |
| Cleft lip and palate - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Cystectomy | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Nerve decompression | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Orchidectomy | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Orchidopexy | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Parathyroidectomy | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Probing of naso-lacrimal duct | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction | not published | not published | not published |
| Varicose veins treatment | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Carotid endarterectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hypospadias - repair of last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Laminectomy last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Rhinoplasty last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
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.
| 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 |
Cite this page
In 2024–25, Launceston General Hospital published median planned-surgery waits from 13 days for radical neck dissection to 295 days for haemorrhoid surgery.
Copy-ready citation
SurgeryWaits, "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.Attribution: SurgeryWaits (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.