Major neck lymph node surgery waiting time at Launceston General Hospital
Half of patients at Launceston General Hospital waited 13 days or less for major neck lymph node surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Radical neck dissection". 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
- 13 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 17 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 11 days in 2016–17 to 13 days in 2024–25 — up 18% — while the national median rose from 13 days to 15 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Box Hill Hospital, about 440 km away, at 10 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Radical neck dissection" 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 | 13 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 28 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 13 days | 0.0% | 199 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 15 days | 0.9% | 535 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 15 days marks the national median.
Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS · about 160 km away: 19 days
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 419 km away: 17 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 431 km away: 20 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 440 km away: 10 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 445 km away: 16 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 447 km away: 9 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 447 km away: 12 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 | 11 | not published | 13 |
| 2017–18 | 13 | not published | 14 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 15 |
| 2019–20 | 12 | not published | 12 |
| 2020–21 | 17 | not published | 13 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 13 |
| 2022–23 | 20 | not published | 14 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 13 |
| 2024–25 | 13 | not published | 15 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Launceston General Hospital · Major neck lymph node surgery across Australia · Major neck lymph node surgery in Tasmania · All surgery waits in Tasmania