Coronary artery bypass grafting waiting time at Royal Hobart Hospital

The median wait for coronary artery bypass grafting at this public hospital in the Hobart area of Tasmania was 59 days in 2024–25.

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: 59 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 90 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 23 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 21 days in 2011–12 to 59 days in 2024–25 — up 181% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is University Hospital Geelong, about 582 km away, at 15 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.1%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Coronary artery bypass grafting, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Royal Hobart Hospital	59 days	0.0%	90 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	19 days	0.0%	923 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)	not published	not published	90 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	18 days	0.1%	695 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	19 days	0.1%	2719 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 days marks the national median.

University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 582 km away15 days
Victorian Heart HospitalVIC · about 583 km away53 days
The AlfredVIC · about 594 km away21 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 598 km away19 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 600 km away11 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 601 km away11 days
Wollongong HospitalNSW · about 989 km away1 day

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 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

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Coronary artery bypass grafting, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Royal Hobart Hospital (days)	TAS (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	21	21	16
2012–13	45	45	16
2013–14	18	18	18
2014–15	12	12	14
2015–16	32	32	13
2016–17	33	33	13
2017–18	46	46	17
2018–19	36	not published	17
2019–20	35	not published	18
2020–21	25	not published	18
2021–22	32	not published	19
2022–23	46	not published	19
2023–24	78	not published	19
2024–25	59	not published	19

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Royal Hobart Hospital · Coronary artery bypass grafting across Australia · Coronary artery bypass grafting in Tasmania