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title: "Public hospital surgery waiting times in Tasmania"
description: "Public hospital surgery waiting times in Tasmania for 2024–25: every surgery type's state median, every hospital, urgency-category performance and cross-border comparisons."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/state/tas/"
---

# Public hospital surgery waiting times in Tasmania

In 2024–25, Tasmania's median waits ranged from **22 days** for breast lump removal to **271 days** for deviated septum surgery, across 4 public hospitals.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

Tasmania public hospitals report their planned-surgery waiting times to the national collection once a year. This page brings the state's figures together: every surgery type with a published state median, every hospital, and the urgency-category performance — each linking to the detailed comparison.

**[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick a surgery and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

## Waiting times by surgery in Tasmania

Median waiting time by surgery type in Tasmania public hospitals, 2024–25, shortest first. Surgeries with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Rank | Surgery | State median | National median | Waited more than 365 days | Hospitals reporting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Breast lump removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/tas/) | 22 days | 17 days | 0.0% | 3 |
| 2 | [Breast removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/mastectomy/tas/) | 23 days | 19 days | 2.5% | 3 |
| 3 | [Limb amputation](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/amputation-of-limb/tas/) | 30 days | 14 days | 3.6% | 3 |
| 4 | [Bladder scope (cystoscopy)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cystoscopy/tas/) | 34 days | 26 days | 1.4% | 3 |
| 4 | [Urinary stone removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/stone-s-urinary-tract-removal-of/tas/) | 34 days | 25 days | 0.8% | 2 |
| 6 | [Dilatation and curettage](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dilatation-and-curettage/tas/) | 36 days | 28 days | 0.5% | 4 |
| 7 | [Spinal bone removal (laminectomy)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laminectomy/tas/) | 40 days | 66 days | 0.0% | 1 |
| 8 | [Thyroid gland removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/thyroidectomy-hemi-thyroidectomy/tas/) | 42 days | 56 days | 1.8% | 3 |
| 9 | [Gallbladder removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/gallbladder-removal/tas/) | 46 days | 48 days | 4.2% | 4 |
| 10 | [Prostate biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/prostate-biopsy/tas/) | 50 days | 33 days | 0.2% | 4 |
| 11 | [Voice box scope surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/microlaryngoscopy/tas/) | 57 days | 26 days | 5.3% | 2 |
| 12 | [Carpal tunnel surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/carpal-tunnel-surgery/tas/) | 63 days | 71 days | 4.2% | 4 |
| 13 | [Keyhole joint surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroscopy/tas/) | 70 days | 78 days | 3.0% | 4 |
| 14 | [Inguinal hernia repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/tas/) | 72 days | 73 days | 10.0% | 4 |
| 15 | [Hysterectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hysterectomy/tas/) | 77 days | 74 days | 6.7% | 4 |
| 16 | [Eardrum drainage](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/myringotomy/tas/) | 81 days | 80 days | 5.0% | 3 |
| 16 | [Grommets](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/grommets/tas/) | 81 days | 90 days | 5.0% | 3 |
| 18 | [Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laparoscopy/tas/) | 86 days | 69 days | 3.5% | 4 |
| 19 | [Cataract surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cataract-surgery/tas/) | 99 days | 106 days | 4.9% | 3 |
| 20 | [Hip replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/tas/) | 126 days | 130 days | 5.4% | 3 |
| 21 | [Tonsillectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/tas/) | 156 days | 182 days | 17.3% | 3 |
| 22 | [Knee replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/knee-replacement/tas/) | 161 days | 255 days | 6.8% | 3 |
| 23 | [Adenoid removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/adenoidectomy/tas/) | 191 days | 144 days | 18.8% | 3 |
| 24 | [Deviated septum surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/tas/) | 271 days | 320 days | 36.1% | 3 |

## Treated on time, by urgency category

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. What each category means, with every hospital compared nationally, is on [the urgency categories pages](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/).

Share of patients treated within the clinically recommended time at Tasmania public hospitals, by urgency category, 2024–25. Ranked on Category 1 (urgent); hospitals with the same figure share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Rank | Hospital | Category 1 (urgent) | Category 2 (semi-urgent) | Category 3 (non-urgent) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Launceston General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/) | 67% | 55% | 83% |
| 2 | [Royal Hobart Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-hobart-hospital/) | 66% | 54% | 88% |
| 3 | [Mersey Community Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mersey-community-hospital/) | 63% | 60% | 87% |
| 4 | [North West Regional Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/north-west-regional-hospital/) | 57% | 35% | 79% |

**Cite this page**

> In 2024–25, Tasmania's published median waits for planned surgery ranged from 22 days for breast lump removal to 271 days for deviated septum surgery, across 4 public hospitals (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Public hospital waiting lists in Tasmania, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/state/tas/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/state/tas/](https://surgerywaits.au/state/tas/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

## Every public hospital in Tasmania

Sorted by how many surgery types each reported for 2024–25. A hospital's own page lists every surgery it reports, its urgency-category figures and its history.

- [Royal Hobart Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-hobart-hospital/) — 53 surgery types
- [Launceston General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/) — 48 surgery types
- [North West Regional Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/north-west-regional-hospital/) — 28 surgery types
- [Mersey Community Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mersey-community-hospital/) — 14 surgery types

## What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

State medians cover everyone who had that surgery in the state, in all urgency categories together — [how these figures are put together](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/).

## Before you use these figures

Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you.

**In an emergency call 000.**

Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations.

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