Hysterectomy waiting time at Royal Hobart Hospital
Half of patients at Royal Hobart Hospital waited 41 days or less for hysterectomy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)". 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
- 41 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 142 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.7%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 126 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 33 days in 2011–12 to 41 days in 2024–25 — up 24% — while the national median rose from 53 days to 74 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Frankston Public Surgical Centre, about 557 km away, at 38 days. Here, 0.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)" 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 | 41 days | 0.7% | 142 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | 77 days | 6.7% | 298 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 50 days | 2.7% | 2957 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 74 days | 7.4% | 9163 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 74 days marks the national median.
Launceston General Hospital, TAS · about 160 km away: 123 days
North West Regional Hospital, TAS · about 236 km away: 179 days
Bass Coast Health, VIC · about 497 km away: 53 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], VIC · about 523 km away: 78 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul], VIC · about 537 km away: 47 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 557 km away: 38 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 558 km away: 34 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 563 km away: 123 days
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 | 33 | 53 | 53 |
| 2012–13 | 44 | 70 | 53 |
| 2013–14 | 23 | 71 | 52 |
| 2014–15 | 40 | 86 | 55 |
| 2015–16 | 80 | 110 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 97 | 77 | 55 |
| 2017–18 | 42 | 62 | 57 |
| 2018–19 | 215 | 134 | 61 |
| 2019–20 | 196 | 164 | 63 |
| 2020–21 | 49 | 121 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 131 | 174 | 74 |
| 2022–23 | 50 | 98 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 34 | 65 | 77 |
| 2024–25 | 41 | 77 | 74 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Hobart Hospital · Hysterectomy across Australia · Hysterectomy in Tasmania · All surgery waits in Tasmania