Hysterectomy waiting time at Launceston General Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for hysterectomy — published by the source as “Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)” — 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: 123 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 97 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 8.2%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 126 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 83 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 62 days in 2011–12 to 123 days in 2024–25 — up 98% — while the national median rose from 53 days to 74 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Hobart Hospital, about 160 km away, at 41 days. Here, 8.2% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)” and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Launceston General Hospital	123 days	8.2%	97 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)	77 days	6.7%	298 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	50 days	2.7%	2957 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	74 days	7.4%	9163 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 74 days marks the national median.

North West Regional HospitalTAS · about 114 km away179 days
Royal Hobart HospitalTAS · about 160 km away41 days
Bass Coast HealthVIC · about 342 km away53 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]VIC · about 363 km away78 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]VIC · about 379 km away47 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 404 km away38 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 405 km away34 days
Casey HospitalVIC · about 408 km away123 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

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Launceston General Hospital (days)	TAS (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	62	53	53
2012–13	86	70	53
2013–14	129	71	52
2014–15	118	86	55
2015–16	152	110	52
2016–17	65	77	55
2017–18	73	62	57
2018–19	150	134	61
2019–20	141	164	63
2020–21	283	121	80
2021–22	254	174	74
2022–23	156	98	84
2023–24	99	65	77
2024–25	123	77	74

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

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