Grommets waiting time at Launceston General Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for grommets — published by the source as “Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of” — at this public hospital in the South Launceston area of Tasmania, 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: 73 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 33 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 40 days in 2016–17 to 73 days in 2024–25 — up 83% — while the national median rose from 58 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Casey Hospital, about 408 km away, at 42 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Launceston General Hospital	73 days	not published	33 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)	81 days	5.0%	140 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	78 days	4.4%	1054 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	90 days	6.5%	3835 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 90 days marks the national median.

Royal Hobart HospitalTAS · about 160 km away77 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]VIC · about 363 km away73 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]VIC · about 379 km away161 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 404 km away90 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 405 km away113 days
Casey HospitalVIC · about 408 km away42 days
Angliss HospitalVIC · about 424 km away99 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 426 km away56 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 — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Launceston General Hospital
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Launceston General Hospital (days)	TAS (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	40	69	58
2017–18	24	64	70
2018–19	113	109	68
2019–20	100	149	73
2020–21	41	93	93
2021–22	83	80	79
2022–23	32	not published	84
2023–24	78	88	94
2024–25	73	81	90

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Launceston General Hospital · Grommets across Australia · Grommets in Tasmania