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Keyhole joint surgery waiting times in Tasmania

The median wait for keyhole joint surgery in Tasmania public hospitals was 70 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 78 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Arthroscopy".

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

4 public hospitals in Tasmania reported keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthroscopy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

1 hospital has no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.

Arthroscopy in Tasmania public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 North West Regional Hospital 68 days not published 22 surgeries
2 Royal Hobart Hospital 69 days 0.7% 142 surgeries
3 Launceston General Hospital 80 days 6.8% 103 surgeries
unranked Mersey Community Hospital not published not published not published
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The median wait for keyhole joint surgery in Tasmania public hospitals was 70 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Keyhole joint surgery waiting times in Tasmania", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroscopy/tas/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroscopy/tas/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

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

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Tasmania.