Grommets waiting time at Launceston General Hospital
Half of patients at Launceston General Hospital waited 73 days or less for grommets in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion 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
- 73 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 33 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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 40 days in 2016–17 to 73 days in 2024–25 — up 83% — while the national median rose from 58 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Casey Hospital, about 408 km away, at 42 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston General Hospital | 73 days | not published | 33 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | 81 days | 5.0% | 140 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 4.4% | 1054 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 6.5% | 3835 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 90 days marks the national median.
Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS · about 160 km away: 77 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], VIC · about 363 km away: 73 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul], VIC · about 379 km away: 161 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 404 km away: 90 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 405 km away: 113 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 408 km away: 42 days
Angliss Hospital, VIC · about 424 km away: 99 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 426 km away: 56 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 | 40 | 69 | 58 |
| 2017–18 | 24 | 64 | 70 |
| 2018–19 | 113 | 109 | 68 |
| 2019–20 | 100 | 149 | 73 |
| 2020–21 | 41 | 93 | 93 |
| 2021–22 | 83 | 80 | 79 |
| 2022–23 | 32 | not published | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 78 | 88 | 94 |
| 2024–25 | 73 | 81 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Launceston General Hospital · Grommets across Australia · Grommets in Tasmania · All surgery waits in Tasmania