Joint fusion surgery waiting time at Launceston General Hospital
Half of patients at Launceston General Hospital waited 247 days or less for joint fusion surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthrodesis". This public hospital is in the South Launceston area of Tasmania.
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
- 247 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 53 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 37.7%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 51 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 35 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 280 days in 2016–17 to 247 days in 2024–25 — down 12% — while the national median rose from 101 days to 158 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Hobart Hospital, about 160 km away, at 175 days. Here, 37.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 19.3%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthrodesis" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston General Hospital | 247 days | 37.7% | 53 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 87 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 110 days | 16.2% | 334 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 158 days | 19.3% | 1563 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 158 days marks the national median.
Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS · about 160 km away: 175 days
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 419 km away: 138 days
Sandringham Hospital, VIC · about 428 km away: 296 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 431 km away: 297 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 436 km away: 213 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 441 km away: 10 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 445 km away: 57 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 445 km away: 45 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Launceston General Hospital
- TAS
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Launceston General Hospital (days) | TAS (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 280 | not published | 101 |
| 2017–18 | 111 | not published | 105 |
| 2018–19 | 122 | not published | 111 |
| 2019–20 | 205 | not published | 107 |
| 2020–21 | 470 | not published | 182 |
| 2021–22 | 231 | not published | 185 |
| 2022–23 | 425 | not published | 203 |
| 2023–24 | 342 | not published | 171 |
| 2024–25 | 247 | not published | 158 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Launceston General Hospital · Joint fusion surgery across Australia · Joint fusion surgery in Tasmania · All surgery waits in Tasmania