Stone/s urinary tract - removal of waiting time at Launceston General Hospital
The median wait for stone/s urinary tract - removal of at this public hospital in the South Launceston area of Tasmania was 33 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 33 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 218 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 28 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 19 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 34 days in 2016–17 to 33 days in 2024–25 — down 3% — while the national median fell from 28 days to 25 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Frankston Public Surgical Centre, about 404 km away, at 13 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston General Hospital | 33 days | 0.0% | 218 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | 34 days | 0.8% | 251 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.8% | 1680 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 25 days | 1.5% | 3653 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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.
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 | 34 | 34 | 28 |
| 2017–18 | 28 | 28 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 46 | 45 | 26 |
| 2019–20 | 39 | 39 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 45 | 47 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 43 | 43 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 60 | 57 | 23 |
| 2023–24 | 33 | 36 | 24 |
| 2024–25 | 33 | 34 | 25 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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