Lithotripsy waiting time at Launceston General Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Lithotripsy 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: 131 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 20 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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 45 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 Lithotripsy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Launceston General Hospital	131 days	not published	20 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)	not published	not published	62 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	26 days	0.4%	675 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	28 days	0.8%	2881 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 28 days marks the national median.

Royal Hobart HospitalTAS · about 160 km away44 days
The AlfredVIC · about 441 km away19 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 442 km away155 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 445 km away22 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 445 km away25 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 447 km away43 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 447 km away10 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 448 km away151 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 Lithotripsy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Launceston General Hospital (days)	TAS (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	319	not published	34
2017–18	135	not published	29
2018–19	122	not published	36
2019–20	187	not published	28
2020–21	122	not published	34
2021–22	206	not published	33
2022–23	79	not published	30
2023–24	194	not published	28
2024–25	131	not published	28

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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