Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting time at Launceston General Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) 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: 57 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 159 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 7.5%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 176 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 105 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 Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Launceston General Hospital	57 days	7.5%	159 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)	46 days	4.2%	430 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	28 days	1.2%	4488 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	48 days	2.3%	18067 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 48 days marks the national median.

Mersey Community HospitalTAS · about 65 km away98 days
North West Regional HospitalTAS · about 114 km away96 days
Royal Hobart HospitalTAS · about 160 km away30 days
Bass Coast HealthVIC · about 342 km away35 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]VIC · about 363 km away27 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]VIC · about 379 km away23 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 404 km away29 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 405 km away22 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 Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Launceston General Hospital (days)	TAS (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	97	89	51
2012–13	204	71	50
2013–14	155	71	46
2014–15	139	59	43
2015–16	91	83	42
2016–17	22	33	41
2017–18	38	39	45
2018–19	74	89	45
2019–20	71	70	48
2020–21	96	82	56
2021–22	94	58	53
2022–23	156	64	59
2023–24	40	44	46
2024–25	57	46	48

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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