Keyhole joint surgery waiting time at Launceston General Hospital
Half of patients at Launceston General Hospital waited 80 days or less for keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthroscopy". 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
- 80 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 103 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 6.8%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 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 76 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 89 days in 2016–17 to 80 days in 2024–25 — down 10% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is North West Regional Hospital, about 114 km away, at 68 days. Here, 6.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.1%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthroscopy" 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 | 80 days | 6.8% | 103 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | 70 days | 3.0% | 271 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 48 days | 4.2% | 1804 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 7.1% | 8779 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.
North West Regional Hospital, TAS · about 114 km away: 68 days
Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS · about 160 km away: 69 days
Bass Coast Health, VIC · about 342 km away: 58 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], VIC · about 363 km away: 58 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul], VIC · about 379 km away: 30 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 404 km away: 42 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 405 km away: 54 days
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 419 km away: 50 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 | 89 | 78 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | 52 | 61 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | 44 | 83 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 132 | 111 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 163 | 182 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | 183 | 105 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 98 | 70 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 133 | 75 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 80 | 70 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Launceston General Hospital · Keyhole joint surgery across Australia · Keyhole joint surgery in Tasmania · All surgery waits in Tasmania