Heart bypass surgery waiting time at Royal Hobart Hospital
Half of patients at Royal Hobart Hospital waited 59 days or less for heart bypass surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Coronary artery bypass grafting". This public hospital is in the Hobart 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
- 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%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Coronary artery bypass grafting" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Geelong, VIC · about 582 km away: 15 days
Victorian Heart Hospital, VIC · about 583 km away: 53 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 594 km away: 21 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 598 km away: 19 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 600 km away: 11 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 601 km away: 11 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 989 km away: 1 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. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Hobart Hospital
- TAS
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| 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 · Heart bypass surgery across Australia · Heart bypass surgery in Tasmania · All surgery waits in Tasmania