Tonsillectomy waiting time at Launceston General Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for tonsillectomy — published by the source as “Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)” — 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: 124 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 188 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 14.4%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 114 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 34 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 68 days in 2011–12 to 124 days in 2024–25 — up 82% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Frankston Public Surgical Centre, about 404 km away, at 94 days. Here, 14.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 17.0%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)” 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 Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Launceston General Hospital	124 days	14.4%	188 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)	156 days	17.3%	358 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	116 days	15.1%	4811 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	182 days	17.0%	16182 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 182 days marks the national median.

North West Regional HospitalTAS · about 114 km away129 days
Royal Hobart HospitalTAS · about 160 km away220 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]VIC · about 363 km away450 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]VIC · about 379 km away389 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 404 km away94 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 405 km away132 days
Casey HospitalVIC · about 408 km away62 days
Angliss HospitalVIC · about 424 km away194 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 Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Launceston General Hospital (days)	TAS (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	68	103	98
2012–13	67	96	98
2013–14	62	114	99
2014–15	249	219	124
2015–16	298	180	120
2016–17	50	89	97
2017–18	27	78	121
2018–19	135	148	125
2019–20	168	188	130
2020–21	57	174	253
2021–22	108	176	168
2022–23	55	125	174
2023–24	153	151	185
2024–25	124	156	182

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

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