Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting time at Royal Hobart Hospital
Half of patients at Royal Hobart Hospital waited 84 days or less for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Laparoscopy". 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
- 84 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 122 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.6%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 149 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 88 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 181 days in 2016–17 to 84 days in 2024–25 — down 54% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Launceston General Hospital, about 160 km away, at 76 days. Here, 1.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.4%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Laparoscopy" 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 | 84 days | 1.6% | 122 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | 86 days | 3.5% | 339 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 53 days | 2.5% | 3279 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 69 days | 5.4% | 9403 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 69 days marks the national median.
Launceston General Hospital, TAS · about 160 km away: 76 days
North West Regional Hospital, TAS · about 236 km away: 98 days
Bass Coast Health, VIC · about 497 km away: 46 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], VIC · about 523 km away: 62 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul], VIC · about 537 km away: 44 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 557 km away: 35 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 558 km away: 15 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 563 km away: 167 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 181 | 63 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | 140 | 68 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | 177 | 110 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 113 | 132 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 267 | 198 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 275 | 161 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 108 | 129 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 52 | 68 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 84 | 86 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Hobart Hospital · Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) across Australia · Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in Tasmania · All surgery waits in Tasmania