Mastoid surgery behind the ear waiting time at Launceston General Hospital
Half of patients at Launceston General Hospital waited 104 days or less for mastoid surgery behind the ear in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Mastoidectomy". 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
- 104 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 39 days in 2016–17 to 104 days in 2024–25 — up 167% — while the national median rose from 83 days to 99 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is University Hospital Geelong, about 436 km away, at 52 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Mastoidectomy" 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 | 104 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 28 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 128 days | 17.3% | 226 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 99 days | 13.6% | 656 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 99 days marks the national median.
Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS · about 160 km away: 156 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 405 km away: 233 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 408 km away: 126 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 431 km away: 114 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 436 km away: 52 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 445 km away: 127 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 445 km away: 193 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 447 km away: 368 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 | 39 | not published | 83 |
| 2017–18 | 42 | not published | 95 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 106 |
| 2019–20 | 155 | not published | 104 |
| 2020–21 | 34 | not published | 119 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 98 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 162 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 112 |
| 2024–25 | 104 | not published | 99 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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