Laparoscopy waiting time at Launceston General Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Laparoscopy 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: 76 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 157 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 5.7%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 149 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 77 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 Laparoscopy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Launceston General Hospital	76 days	5.7%	157 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)	86 days	3.5%	339 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	53 days	2.5%	3279 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	69 days	5.4%	9403 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 69 days marks the national median.

North West Regional HospitalTAS · about 114 km away98 days
Royal Hobart HospitalTAS · about 160 km away84 days
Bass Coast HealthVIC · about 342 km away46 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]VIC · about 363 km away62 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]VIC · about 379 km away44 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 404 km away35 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 405 km away15 days
Casey HospitalVIC · about 408 km away167 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 Laparoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Launceston General Hospital (days)	TAS (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	54	63	47
2017–18	58	68	51
2018–19	110	110	57
2019–20	175	132	64
2020–21	126	198	79
2021–22	134	161	78
2022–23	127	129	82
2023–24	68	68	69
2024–25	76	86	69

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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