Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Launceston General Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy 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: 147 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 60 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 21.7%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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 152 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 Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Launceston General Hospital	147 days	21.7%	60 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)	72 days	10.0%	360 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	45 days	2.6%	4290 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	73 days	5.0%	16694 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 73 days marks the national median.

Mersey Community HospitalTAS · about 65 km away176 days
North West Regional HospitalTAS · about 114 km away140 days
Royal Hobart HospitalTAS · about 160 km away36 days
Bass Coast HealthVIC · about 342 km away42 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]VIC · about 363 km away71 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]VIC · about 379 km away49 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 404 km away57 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 405 km away48 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 Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Launceston General Hospital (days)	TAS (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	164	58	57
2012–13	485	99	60
2013–14	439	84	56
2014–15	281	106	51
2015–16	118	110	52
2016–17	21	37	52
2017–18	77	57	56
2018–19	96	112	59
2019–20	157	144	67
2020–21	89	188	76
2021–22	118	101	77
2022–23	146	62	82
2023–24	96	60	70
2024–25	147	72	73

What is not here

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

All surgery at Launceston General Hospital · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy across Australia · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy in Tasmania