Shock wave stone treatment waiting time at Launceston General Hospital
Half of patients at Launceston General Hospital waited 131 days or less for shock wave stone treatment in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Lithotripsy". 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
- 131 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 20 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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 45 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 319 days in 2016–17 to 131 days in 2024–25 — down 59% — while the national median fell from 34 days to 28 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Hobart Hospital, about 160 km away, at 44 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Lithotripsy" 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 | 131 days | not published | 20 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 62 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 0.4% | 675 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.8% | 2881 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 28 days marks the national median.
Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS · about 160 km away: 44 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 441 km away: 19 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 442 km away: 155 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 445 km away: 22 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 445 km away: 25 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 447 km away: 43 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 447 km away: 10 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 448 km away: 151 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 | 319 | not published | 34 |
| 2017–18 | 135 | not published | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 122 | not published | 36 |
| 2019–20 | 187 | not published | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 122 | not published | 34 |
| 2021–22 | 206 | not published | 33 |
| 2022–23 | 79 | not published | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 194 | not published | 28 |
| 2024–25 | 131 | not published | 28 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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