Arthrodesis waiting time at Launceston General Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Arthrodesis at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

Median wait: 247 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 53 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 37.7%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 51 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 35 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthrodesis, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Launceston General Hospital	247 days	37.7%	53 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)	not published	not published	87 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	110 days	16.2%	334 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	158 days	19.3%	1563 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 158 days marks the national median.

Royal Hobart HospitalTAS · about 160 km away175 days
Dandenong HospitalVIC · about 419 km away138 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 428 km away296 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 431 km away297 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 436 km away213 days
The AlfredVIC · about 441 km away10 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 445 km away57 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 445 km away45 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Arthrodesis, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Launceston General Hospital (days)	TAS (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	280	not published	101
2017–18	111	not published	105
2018–19	122	not published	111
2019–20	205	not published	107
2020–21	470	not published	182
2021–22	231	not published	185
2022–23	425	not published	203
2023–24	342	not published	171
2024–25	247	not published	158

What is not here

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

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