Joint replacement revision waiting time at Launceston General Hospital
Half of patients at Launceston General Hospital waited 172 days or less for joint replacement revision in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthroplasty - revision of". 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
- 172 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 42 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 27 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 25 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 395 days in 2016–17 to 172 days in 2024–25 — down 56% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 77 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Williamstown Hospital, about 442 km away, at 144 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthroplasty - revision of" 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 | 172 days | not published | 42 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 15 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 115 days | 10.7% | 131 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 61 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 65 days | 6.4% | 125 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 77 days | 6.1% | 928 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 77 days marks the national median.
Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS · about 160 km away: 184 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 442 km away: 144 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 445 km away: 44 days
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 699 km away: 106 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 704 km away: 356 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 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 | 395 | not published | 60 |
| 2017–18 | 182 | not published | 63 |
| 2018–19 | 108 | not published | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 162 | not published | 73 |
| 2020–21 | 333 | not published | 82 |
| 2021–22 | 394 | not published | 66 |
| 2022–23 | 478 | not published | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 265 | not published | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 172 | not published | 77 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Launceston General Hospital · Joint replacement revision across Australia · Joint replacement revision in Tasmania · All surgery waits in Tasmania